In South Africa, the fight against corruption is finally leading to arrests. On 17-Aug-2020, the Hawk’s Serious Corruption Investigation team arrested 5 Free State government officials. This makes 7 arrests so far in the corruption, fraud and money-laundering case linked to the infamous Vrede dairy farm case and the Free State Department of Agriculture, under the leadership of controversial ANC politicians Ace Magashule and Mosebenzi Zwane. The 5 were arrested after payments totalling R244m couldn’t be accounted for, while investigating Estina, a partner company meant to help set up a dairy farming project for black farmers. Lerato Mngomezulu, Disebo Masiteng, Mokemane Ndumo, Mahlomola Mofokeng and Mbana Thabetha appeared in court on 18-Aug-2020 on charges of corruption, fraud and money-laundering. They were each given bail of R10,000. The first 4 were members of the bid evaluation committee, while Thabetha headed up the agriculture department. Get the full story at the links below: