2 Assassinated Whistleblowers, A Hit List, ANC's Mafia Premier & a World Cup Stadium...

Mail and Guardian Journalist Lucky Sindane has been working on a corruption story surrounding the 2010 World Cup Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. In appreciation for his investigative work, those involved in the Bidding and Tender Corruption scheme have put together an Assassination Hit List, which allegedly includes Lucky's name, plus an odd twenty others too, among them four other journalists.

Adding insult to injury the brave whistleblower who singlehandedly confronted the ANC and refused to budge on the matter, was shortly thereafter assassinated. He was Jimmy Mohlala, the then speaker of the Nelspruit Municipality. Mohlahla had exposed the Mbombela Municipal Manager, Jacob Dladla with tender corruption. In appreciation for exposing corrupton, his ANC colleagues demanded whistleblower Mohlahla's resignation. He refused, and ended up dead.

Jacob Dladla was eventually investigated, for among others appointing a man named Differ Mogale, as the council's 2010 local coordinator, at approximately R480 000 per year, without authorisation; as well as irregular payments to Lefika Emerging Equity of R43 million.

Last week Sammy Patlatyana, the Provincial Arts and Culture Dept's Communication Officer, who had also been on the hit list, was assassinated. According to those who follow the money, all roads and reports lead to Lefika Emerging Equity, which has also been threatening anyone who reports that conclusion. One of Lefika's Board of Directors, Chris Grib has already skipped the country, related to a fraudulently obtained VAT certificate. Another director is Bobby Motaung, who is also the general manager of Kaizer Chiefs and the son of Kaizer Motaung, the founder of Kaizer Chiefs.

Meanwhile ANC's deputy chairperson in Ehlanzeni region in Mpumalanga, Peter Nyoni, has been the ANC's enforcer, in its coercion attempts to reinstate Dladla. Allegedly councillors were informed by a memo that they would be "fired within a short space of time" if they resisted ANC instructions.

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