Former Gauteng Health CFO to Present Defence to SIU over PPE Contract
- Kabelo Lehloenya, the former Gauteng Health Department chief financial officer, will present her defence on Thursday as she appears before the Special Tribunal
- Lehloenya's submissions to the Special Tribunal highlight that she has denounced accusations of unlawful conduct whilst denying responsibility on the basis of being unaware of the occurrences
- Lehloenya was discovered to be among the key signatories of the allegedly illegal multi-million-rand personal protective equipment contracts
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On Thursday, the legal defence of former Health Department CFO in Gauteng Kabelo Lehloenya will be heard by the Special Tribunal as she opposes the Special Investigating Unit's (SIU) civil recovery proceedings.
Lehloenya reportedly rejected allegations of illegal affairs in her presentations to the Tribunal. The submissions are relating to the issuing of a number of payments to service providers. Leola Structural Development and Beadica 423 CC allegedly received hundreds of millions of rand.
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She further argues that she was unaware and is thus unaccountable for the payments or the permitting of the payments.
Lehloenya was found to be a part of the key signatories of the so-called “unlawful” multi-million-rand personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts as they were distributed by the Gauteng government in the early stages of the pandemic.
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Following reports by EWN, the SIU strives for the return of the money lost by the state. The PPE scandal additionally brought to light occurrences of fraud and corruption.
According to News24, Lehloenya was accused of signing off unconventional PPE contracts amounting to R2 billion.
Former President Jacob Zuma's legal team says ANC benefited from arms deal, not Zuma
Earlier, Briefly News reported that former President Jacob Zuma has tasked his legal team with sending letters to the African National Congress (ANC) and the Nelson Mandela Foundation to request documents in relation to the arms deal procurement.
Zuma's legal team believes that these documents will be necessary for his defence in his upcoming arms deal corruption trial, according to TimesLIVE. They have requested a batch of records relating to the procurement of weapons in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Thusini Attorneys allegedly wrote a letter to ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile on 20 July, according to a report by News24. The letters state that the ANC's financial statements, evidence from the Seriti Commission of Inquiry, all point to the ANC as the genuine benefactors in the arms deal transaction.
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