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Six of the seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the 255 million rand project.
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 tipped off a suspect in the Free State asbestos investigation who is on the run in KwaZulu-Natal to cooperate with authorities.
Six of the seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the 255 million rand project.
Three were arrested in the Free State and three were handcuffed in Gauteng.
The first suspect the Hawks wanted to arrest left their Centurion home but was later arrested in Sunnyside.
Blackhead Principal Edwin Sodi, Free State Housing HOD Nthimotse Mokhesi, and ousted Mangaung Mayor Olly Mlamleli were among the six suspects arrested.
But former National Director General for Human Settlements Thabane Zulu was nowhere to be found.
Hawks spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi said: “So they better turn themselves in because this will have serious implications when they have to ask for bail on Friday.”
The suspects will be charged in Bloemfontein with corruption, money laundering and theft.
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