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He said they handcuffed him and took away his cell phones. Officers monitored all his calls, he said.
“He [Sefalafala] He said I’m playing with him He said no one has a problem paying, but only I seem unwilling to pay him. “
According to his statement, Netshidaulu She was taken to Tiveka Game Lodge, 30 km from Polokwane, and was told to call Lepelle’s CFO and order him to pay 5.8 million rand for the work done by Sephalafala’s company, or she would face arrest. Netshidaulu initially refused, but was taken to a secluded area, where he agreed to pay because he feared for his life. He gave instructions for R2.9m to be paid.
They told him that they would not release him until the payment was cleared. Then the group went to Midrand to look for food. The payment was reflected after midnight, whereupon he was released and took an Uber home.
Netshidaulu said the “kidnapping” occurred after he met Sefalafala on November 2 when the businessman demanded payment. From the meeting, he said, Falaz Trading began to harass him.
“This ongoing harassment led me to open intimidation and kidnapping cases with the Polokwane police against Falaz associates who threatened my life,” he said in the affidavit.
‘We are trying to clean there’
Lepelle’s interim board chairman Joe Mathebula told the Sunday Times that the board decided not to pay any vendors whose contracts were in dispute and investigation. Fallaz had been among them.
“When we arrived there were a number of contracts in dispute and we said that all contracts that have been marked should not be paid until we are satisfied as the board [that they are legitimate].
“We cannot pay anything that has a court ruling, which says that all income must be returned. We are trying to clean there. People are just trying to take advantage of the government and we cannot allow that to continue, ”Mathebula said.
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