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Former Free State Agriculture CFO Seipati Dlamini said that MEC Mosebenzi Zwane started the Estina dairy project and that it was unusual because the normal practice was for projects to be started by district services.
A screenshot of the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Free State Agriculture, Seipati Dlamini. Image: @ SABCDigitalNews / YouTube
JOHANNESBURG – Former Free State Agriculture Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Seipati Dlamini said accountants and district officials had no say in how budgets were diverted to make way for the Estina dairy project or to avoid waste, waste spending. and irregular.
Dlamini has been testifying at the state capture commission on Wednesday.
She said that MEC Mosebenzi Zwane started the project and that it was unusual because the normal practice was for projects to be started by district services.
Dlamini said the Vrede dairy project had no budget when it was conceived.
“The other problem we faced was wasteful, wasteful and irregular spending.”
But even the R9 million that was initially allocated rose to R500 million after Gupta-linked Estina-Paras got involved.
Zondo asked: “It is the position that officials in different parts of the province could not guarantee that there were no unnecessary expenses.”
Dlamini said it was correct.
The commission has heard that Estina and Paras left the dairy farm with rusty equipment, but Dlamini told a different story: far above our officials. . ”
And he passes the buck to department head (HOD) Peter Thabethe: “I would not have known why the milestones were signed by the HOD and they should have been signed by the district services.”
She is expected to explain why the work was not entrusted to local dairy companies.
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