Former Free State MEC Mxolisi Dukwana said the controversial family wanted him to approve a R140 million project that would then be awarded to a Gupta-linked businessman.
JOHANNESBURG - Former Free State Economic Development MEC Mxolisi Dukwana has told the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture he was offered a R2 million monthly bribe by the Guptas on the condition that he sign off on a dodgy contract.
Dukwana says he was offered the cash from a bag by one of the Gupta brothers in the presence of African National Congress secretary-general Ace Magashule and Duduzane Zuma, son of former president Jacob Zuma, at the Guptas' Saxonwold home. Asked where Magashule and the younger Zuma were during this exchange, Dukwana answered: "In the house, they are in the same room as I ."
— EWN Reporter April 5, 2019 Dukwana was appearing for the first time on Friday before the commission to give evidence on allegations of state capture in the Free State.
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