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The suspects will be charged with corruption, money laundering and theft on Friday when they appear in court in Bloemfontein on Friday.
The hawks arrest one in seven on September 30, 2020 in connection with the R255 million Free State asbestos project. Photo: Abigail Javier / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – The Hawks said the sixth of seven suspects linked to the Free State asbestos project was arrested in Gauteng on Wednesday.
The suspects will be charged with corruption, money laundering and theft on Friday when they appear in court in Bloemfontein on Friday.
But the former director general of Human Settlements Thabane Zulu had not yet been detained.
Four of the seven suspects who had been handcuffed were government officials.
Three people were arrested in Gauteng and the other three in the Free State.
The first suspect the Hawks wanted to arrest at Centurion Wednesday morning received a tip and left his home with instructions to remove all documents from his devices.
But then he was caught in Sunnyside.
One suspect was still at large.
“We hope to finish this operation today. The suspects will appear in Bloemfontein accused of corruption, money laundering and theft. “
These suspects are owners of the companies that received the R255 million asbestos contract in the Free State, allegedly fraudulently, or they were in government positions that made it possible and then received money from Blackhead or its director Edwin Sodi.
While appearing at the State Capture Commission, Sodi denied that the millions he paid were bribes.
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