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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Pretoria High Court has set aside a controversial R5 billion contract awarded by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to Thuja Capital.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the court ordered Thuja\u2019s owner, Mthunzi Mdwaba, refrain from making \u201cdefamatory remarks\u201d (corruption allegations) against the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi.<\/p>\n

Invalid contract<\/p>\n

The court ruled that the multi-billion-rand contract, which promised to create over 25,000 jobs, was \u201cinvalid\u201d and set aside.<\/p>\n

The contract would have given the UIF a 19% stake in Thuja\u2019s investments for R5 billion from its coffers.<\/p>\n

This would have included a R1 billion investment into an unnamed bank and insurance company, with the remaining R4 billion being split between R2.5 billion for unemployed individuals in South Africa to start businesses and R1.5 billion for providing loans to businesses.<\/p>\n

However, an investigation by Times Live discovered that the Department of Employment and Labour and UIF planned to invest in the Thuja Capital Fund despite the company having no premises, website, or track record.<\/p>\n

Corruption allegations<\/p>\n

Mdwaba was also \u201cinterdicted from publicly uttering any statement to the effect that the [Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi] had been corrupt or extortionate when prohibiting the implementation of the contract,\u201d said the court.<\/p>\n

Mdwaba had previously said that three Cabinet ministers, including Nxesi, Enoch Godongwana, and Blade Nzimande, approached him and demanded \u201cgateway fees\u201d (bribes) of R500 million \u2013 which would be 10% of a R5 billion UIF deal.<\/p>\n

All three ministers have denied these allegations.<\/p>\n

This was Mdwaba\u2019s second defamation case loss. In January, Godongwana won his defamation case against Mdwaba for the public comments accusing him of soliciting a R500 million bribe.<\/p>\n

Mdwaba has since slammed the ruling, saying that he intends to appeal this decision and will \u201cgo to the highest court in the land to make sure that we demonstrate that we will not be bullied and intimidated by anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. The Pretoria High Court has set aside a controversial R5 billion contract awarded by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to Thuja Capital. Additionally, the court ordered Thuja\u2019s owner, Mthunzi Mdwaba, refrain from making \u201cdefamatory remarks\u201d (corruption allegations) against the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi. 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