Mail&Guardian (18/1/2008) — 02/01/2008
GAUTENG DIRECTOR-GENERAL 'IN LEAGUE' WITH CRIMINALS
Stefaans Brummer, Adriaan Basson, Sam Sole and Nic Dawes
Corruption by top Provincial official alleged by convicted gang boss

Gauteng's top official, provincial Director General Mogopodi Mokoena, co-owned a company with Brett Kebble's murderer, Clint Nassif, and accepted a R250,000 cheque from him. Mokoena’s links with Nassif were among issues raised by Glenn Agliotti in an affidavit the National Prosecuting Authority submitted to court last week in response to Jackie Selebi's application to block his prosecution. Agliotti stated: 'Clint Nassif had a company with a member of the Gauteng local government [in reality, the Provincial Government] by the name of Machabudi [Mogopodi]. This was done, to secure other tenders from the government.' Nassif and Agliotti were both involved with mining boss Kebble’s security and dirty tricks operation. Both have admitted to a role in Kebble’s 'assisted suicide' and both have pleaded guilty in a massive drugs case.

Admitted murderer gave Director-General R250,000 for house purchase
Mokoena has denied the company had pursued any government contracts and claimed that it had done no deals by the time he 'pulled out,' after the Mail & Guardian exposed Agliotti, Nassif and their links with Kebble and Selebi in May 2005. Mokoena also said: 'If I knew who they were, I would not have met them or even had coffee with them.' However, the M&G has independently established that Mokoena accepted a R250,000 cheque from Nassif, supposedly to help him (Mokoena) buy a house at the luxury Zimbali resort in KwaZulu-Natal. Mokoena refused to confirm or deny this. The company that Mokoena, Nassif and some of Nassif's associates co-owned, the unusually named Add Kalusha to Legora Investment Holdings, owned major assets within Nassif's Central National Security group. Mokoena claimed that if this was the case, it was after he had left.
 
Mokoena's alleged services to property developer
It is alleged that Mokoena 'pulled strings' to help a property developer acquire Provincial Government land by paying an 'under the table' amount of more than R1-million. Mokoena denied knowing 'anything about that'. He said he did not even know the name of the property developer, whose name the M&G is withholding for legal reasons. Company records show that Mokoena, Nassif, and two of Nassif's partners in the Central National Security group became directors of Add Kalusha had done no deals and had no assets.