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Ex-municipal boss held over Mbombela Stadium ‘graft’

Police have arrested controversial former Mbombela municipal manager Jacob Dladla in connection with corruption surrounding the construction of the Mbombela Stadium. Dladla was municipal manager when soccer boss Bobby Motaung’s company, Lefika Emerging Equity, got the contract as consultants for building the R1.2 billion stadium. Dladla was arrested yesterday on charges of fraud and corruption. He is expected to appear in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court today, along with Motaung, Motaung’s business partner Herbert Theledi and former Lefika chief executive Chris Grib. It is understood that Dladla spent last night in the Nelspruit police holding cells.

Motaung and Theledi are out on R50 000 bail each. Grib, who resigned from Lefika two years ago, was granted R20 000 bail by the Nelspruit Regional Court after pleading poverty. They were arrested on August 15 in connection with fraud, forgery and theft relating to the building of the stadium. During Motaung and Theledi’s bail application State prosecutor Pat Nkuna argued that the case was linked to political murders in the province. He also said the three accused submitted fraudulent SARS documents to win the tender. It led to them being paid R143 million. As municipal manager, Dladla was key to the preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup and the construction of Mbombela Stadium.

He was dismissed in 2009 following irregularities surrounding preparations for the World Cup and the building of the stadium. Municipal speaker at the time, Jimmy Mohlala, was murdered a week before he was scheduled to testify at a hearing regarding Dladla’s failure to declare his private business interests with beneficiaries of the 2010 deal and his role in questionable expenditure involving Lefika.

Source: www.iol.co.za

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