The state capture inquiry on Tuesday heard how intended beneficiaries of the controversial Estina dairy farm project were duped by senior government officials in the Free State. 

One of the intended beneficiaries, Vrede small-scale farmer Ephraim Dhlamini, described two years of frustrating back-and-forth discussions between the group of farmers and the government, which eventually resulted in the farmers not receiving a cent from the project...

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