ONCE AGAIN, WHISTLE-BLOWER TAKES ON MABUZA

Deputy President David Mabuza’s alleged mafia conspiracies in Mpumalanga come under the spotlight again from tomorrow, in a civil trial in which businessperson and corruption whistle-blower Fred Daniel is claiming R1.09 billion in damages against the state.

According to court papers, 12 complainants told the Pretoria High Court that Mabuza, who was the Mpumalanga MEC of agriculture and land administration in 2008, was instrumental in an alleged government-sponsored scheme to harass, instigate violence, intimidate and make death threats against Daniel, his family and employees to collapse his planned Nkomazi Wilderness game farm project in the Badplaas Valley, or drive him out altogether.

Mabuza, who has previously denied all allegations of political thuggery, is cited as the seventh defendant