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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Former ANC Greater Johannesburg Region and City of Joburg mayor Geoff Makhubo says he can\u2019t answer why technology company EOH sent him business proposals that did not concern him.<\/p>\n

He has also denied that the timing of the emails were suspicious considering it was shortly after EOH\u2019s former business development executive, Patrick Makubedu, made considerable donations to the ANC.<\/p>\n

Makhubo is currently giving evidence at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry.<\/p>\n

Evidence leader advocate Matthew Chaskalson put it to Makhubo that Makubedu made donations to the ANC in the previous weeks and saved Makhubo’s own consulting business, Molelwane, from cash-flow difficulties, \u201cand in that context he thought he might ask your assistance in relation to a pending EOH networking proposal\u201d.<\/p>\n

Makhubo said that was untrue and that he and Makubedu were business partners and helped each other for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Makubedu) would not solicit a tender from me like that or in any other way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not sure why he will email me this proposal. It has nothing to do with me. Our relationship is not like this where he says he donated to the ANC so help me with this,” Makhubo said.<\/p>\n

However, Chaskalson said the appearance created was that Makubedu sent him emails related to procurement practices for assistance.<\/p>\n

Makhubo still denied knowing why Makubedu emailed him such proposals and told the commission that he would usually ignore such emails.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it doesn’t affect me, I just ignore them. That\u2019s how I work,\u201d Makhubo said.<\/p>\n

Makhubo was the treasurer-general for the ANC Greater Johannesburg region and the City\u2019s finance MMC when these transactions and email exchanges took place. This was between 2014 and 2016.<\/p>\n

The commission has previously heard evidence that the ANC in Johannesburg allegedly funded its unsuccessful 2016 local government elections campaign through a R50 million donation from EOH.<\/p>\n

ENS Forensics MD Steven Powell accused Makhubo of having written various emails to EOH employee Makubedu requesting over R6 million in payments to be made to the ANC\u2019s accounts in 2015 alone.<\/p>\n

ENS was contracted by EOH to help it clean house after a change in management.<\/p>\n

Powell made public how an apparent front company was used as a vehicle to allegedly channel money for the ANC\u2019s benefit and to Makhubo\u2019s company, Molelwane Consulting.<\/p>\n

The alleged front company, Mfundi Mobile, was paid by EOH purportedly for work done on City of Johannesburg projects, but ENS\u2019s forensic investigation did not find evidence of work done by Mfundi Mobile.<\/p>\n

[email protected]<\/p>\n

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