Covid-19 communications contract have argued in court that they do not owe the Special Investigating Unit anything because Mduduzi Mthethwa, who received the money before disbursing it, had repaid it.
In April, the Special Tribunal granted the SIU’s application to join four companies — as well as Sithokozile Mkhize, who is married to Dedani Mkhize, the former health minister’s son — that transacted with Mthethwa after he received his Digital Vibes payment. Sithokozile Mkhize received R650 098 from Mthethwa, which was not contested by her legal representative, William Nicholson.
But the four companies and Sithokozile Mkhize argued that the Special Tribunal erred in joining them in the SIU’s main application to recover the R150m, arguing that Mthethwa had repaid the state and the SIU could not ask them to go beyond what had already been settled. Advocate Greg Harpur, who represents Tusokuhle Farming and Sirela Trading, said it was wrong for the SIU to join his clients because “they did not receive money from the government” and that the money was received from a bank account belonging to Mateta Projects, which Mthethwa is a director of.
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