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KZN man kingpin in Free State asbestos scam

A FORMER government official with strong KwaZulu-Natal attachments was a central figure in the R255 million Free State asbestos tender corruption matter, which includes Ace Magashule, the ANC’s secretary-general, as an accused.

That was the allegation made by the State in the indictment handed to the 16 accused in the matter at the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

For Thabane Wiseman Zulu’s influence, the owner of a company that benefited from the asbestos contract allegedly paid R600 000, late in 2015, towards his purchase of

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