LETTER: SA Express rubbishes to Financial Mail
We deny allegations that paint Tebogo Brian van Wyk as the mastermind behind alleged multimillion-rand corruption in the reopening of the Pilanesberg airport
In "SA Express: A Masterclass in Looting" (Cover Story, May 10-16), your story paints my client, Tebogo Brian van Wyk, as the mastermind behind alleged multimillion-rand corruption in the reopening of the Pilanesberg airport in the North West province. We deny these allegations. The FM’s readers are rendered a major disservice in the story, which relies on allegations made by a discredited and disgruntled supplier, Babadi Tlatsana, who was strongly recommended by the provincial government at the time — not SA Express (my client’s erstwhile employer) — to stimulate localisation in the province. A high court judgment, which is publicly available, has found her to be a liar under oath and a forger. Fraud charges were laid against Tlatsana with regard to this matter. She is the only person to face the court in this matter — both civil and criminal. Tlatsana was the recipient of R22m in 2015 from the North West department of transport. She [allegedly] fraudulently removed her partner fro...
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