'I went to court where they were alleging that the two vehicles I received as sponsorships were a gratification, were kickbacks but they couldn't prove that'
The directorate alleged Phahlane had received vehicles as kickbacks for contracts. Phahlane insisted the vehicles were sponsorships, not kickbacks.
"I went to court where they were alleging that the two vehicles I received as sponsorships were a gratification, were kickbacks but they couldn't prove that," Phahlane said. There were also allegations against Phahlane and his wife, Beauty, owning more than half a dozen expensive cars. "I don't even have a BMW i8, the car I was driving when I was attacked [was from] BMW SA, which I had on test drive.He denied that he had ever owned seven cars.
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