30 September 2021 9 Min Read
State capture 1.0: SA’s first tenderpreneurs
Businessman Edouard Lippert didn’t just engage in rampant tender fraud in Paul Kruger’s ZAR. He joined Cecil Rhodes to trick Lobengula out of his kingdom in Matabeleland. And he gave Saxonwold its name. So why has he been largely forgotten?
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