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Oct
06
2020
By The African Mirror
“Asbestos Seven case”: State seizes 25 cars, including a Ferrari, Rolls Royce and Bentley from fraud and corruption suspect

“Asbestos Seven case”: State seizes 25 cars, including a Ferrari, Rolls Royce and Bentley from fraud and corruption suspect

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER Luxury sports cars worth hundreds of millions of rands - including a Ferrari FF, a Rolls Royce Ghost Family Dawn and Bentley Continental GT Sports Convertible were among the 25 vehicles taken from fraud and corruption suspect Edwin Sodi, the businessman on a R500 000 bail. The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), pounced and attached the vehicles at the Bryanston, Johannesburg headquarters of Blackhead Consulting, a company owned by Sodi (47) who is on trial, with six others for fraud and corruption relating to an R255-million asbestos tender. The vehicles were attached in terms of a court order…
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Oct
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Top ANC politician granted R30 000 bail and vows to prove his innocence

Top ANC politician granted R30 000 bail and vows to prove his innocence

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER VINCENT Smith, who has become the first high profile ANC politician to be arrested for corruption related to the state capture inquiry, has vowed to prove his innocence. Smith (60)  was arrested and appeared in Special Commercial Crimes Court in Palmridge, outside Johannesburg, where he was charged with corruption. He was granted bail of R30 000, ordered to hand in his passport and not to interfere with state witnesses. He is a former MP and ex-chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Correctional Services. The charges relate to amounts totalling R660 000 that he received from Bosasa In an…
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Sep
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Businessman nabbed in first arrest in probe into state capture

Businessman nabbed in first arrest in probe into state capture

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BARELY 24 hours after he disclosed that he had donated millions to the ANC from profits made from a questionable R255-million, the man suspected to be kingpin in what has come to be known as the “asbestos scandal” has been arrested. Edwin Sodi, the CEO of Blackhead Engineering, was among five individuals arrested by the Hawks, South Africa’s elite investigation unit, in connection with suspected fraud and corruption around the project. Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said the suspects are scheduled to appear in Bloemfontein on Friday." Sodi told the Zondo Commission, investigating fraud, corruption and capture of…
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