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ENS Forensic Director Stephen Powell detailed on Wednesday the transactions between EOH, the city of Johannesburg and Geoff Makhubo’s company before he became mayor of the subway.
Screenshot of ENS Chief Coroner Stephen Powell who appeared at the state capture investigation on November 25, 2020. Image: SABC / YouTube
JOHANNESBURG – ENS Chief Coroner Stephen Powell said on Wednesday that EOH Holdings not only paid the African National Congress (ANC) and its officials to obtain contracts, but also concealed the donations by paying an intermediary, Mfundi Mobile Networks, for do no work. except to pass that money on to the ANC.
Powell concluded his testimony in the state capture commission, but the vice president of the court, Raymond Zondo, said he would return.
He detailed the transactions between EOH, the city of Johannesburg and Geoff Makhubo’s company before becoming mayor of the metro.
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“Mfundi has not done any work for EOH other than managing these donations,” Powell said.
Zondo said in response: “So Mfundi did not sell anything to the ANC and the ANC did not sell anything to Mfundi.”
“All they’ve done is be a front for the ANC’s scattered donations and payments for expenses,” Powell said.
Powell said Mfundi Mobile Networks was one of the companies EOH paid for not doing any work in exchange for millions in government contracts.
“It is duplicated in an accounting irregularity on the EOH side because they are hiding the donation in their books and records. This should have been recorded as a donation and I should have gone to the party if that’s what they decided to do, but instead it was concealed in this way, “he said.
Powell said these donations to the ANC matched the contracts EOH obtained and detailed millions of payments made by EOH director Jehan Mackay to Zizi Kodwa, former president Jacob Zuma’s adviser Siyabulela Sintwa, and Reggie Nkabinde.
MASHABA DOES NOT SURPRISE MAKHUBO IS INVOLVED
Meanwhile, former Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba said he was not surprised that his successor had been implicated in corruption on the state capture commission, saying it was just the “tip of the iceberg.”
Mashaba, now the leader of Action South Africa, said there was much more evidence against Makhubo.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg. Remember, since I took control of the city of Johannesburg, we discovered R34 billion worth of corruption and, in most of these cases, Makhubo was the mastermind of all these activities. Every time I drew the attention of society to this, I was vilified and insulted, ”he said.
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