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Nontsasa Memela, former head of acquisitions at SAA Technical (SAAT), has denied that controversial businessman Vuyo Ndzeku paid for his house in Bedfordview.
The state’s capture investigation this week heard how Ndzeku allegedly captured SAA officials, including Memela, paying them millions in exchange for favoring Swissport and JM Aviation, companies of which he was a director.
During Ndzeku’s testimony on Wednesday, the investigation heard that R2.5m he paid to “buy land” from Memela’s mother ended up financing Memela’s house.
It was exposed that the purchase never took place and was allegedly used as an excuse to conceal that the intended recipient of the R2.5m was Memela.
Memela has come out strongly against the accusation, insisting that Ndzeku’s purchase of the land did occur and that the money ended up with her as a gift from her mother.
Memela accused the investigation of being “vindictive” in the way it conducted its investigation into Ndzeku’s claim for a land purchase for marijuana cultivation.
“The investigation research team did not ask the right people on earth. They asked the Cholani family, which is where my mother was born, instead of asking the Manzi family, where my grandmother was born, ”he told TimesLIVE.
