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Mokoena said she succumbed and signed the plan, which led to the disbursement of more than 500 million rand in the next three months.
“We concluded the meeting by signing the document. I had to resign if I didn’t sign, ”Mokoena said.
A week after Mokoena signed, Zwane returned with a list of contractors who needed to be named to do the job. Mokoena said that at least three of those contractors were later found to be closely linked to the MEC.
In February 2011, Mokoena, Zwane and other Free State officials were called to Pretoria by then-minister of human settlements Tokyo Sexwale, who told them that they had been informed that they were involved in an illegal prepayment scheme.
Mokoena said: “The minister said he did not agree with the plan and said that he must stop immediately because he was not going to allow this to happen while he is minister.”
Mokoena, as an accountant, had to agree to leave immediately. But it appears that the payments did not stop, if the testimony before Monday’s investigation of Mokoena’s successor, Nthimotse Mokhesi, is something to go through.
Mokhesi testified that, as part of Zwane’s prepayment plan, By March 170 million rand had been paid.
Mokoena will conclude her testimony on Wednesday at investigative hearings in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
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