Police have arrested a prominent businessman linked to the Gupta family, and three former officials in the Free State provincial government as the state resumes its efforts to prosecute suspects in the failed Vrede Dairy Project. 

The four people, who were arrested in the Free State, Gauteng, and Mpumalanga, are due to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The arrest of a fifth suspect is imminent, according to Sindisiwe Seboka, a spokesperson for the NPA’s Investigative Directorate...

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