Lottery whistleblower ‘pressured’ to pay IT company to build athletics track

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R10 million was paid but no work was done.

The company says on its site: that it “delivers a broad range of solutions focused in the IT spectrum that address the challenges across the breadth and depth of the enterprise”. Unicus is owned by Jabu Sibanda, who had initially represented himself as an employee of the NLC, Khoza said.

by Unicus. She said she was “instructed” by Terrence Magogodela, the financial manager of Athletics South Africa , who was the “programme director” for the stadium project, to pay it. She said she had contacted the NLC when she realised there was a problem. Sibanda, she said, had told her the money “was finished”. In July 2018, she visited the NLC offices in Pretoria and met Letwaba and Tsietsi Maselwa, the organisation’s legal head, to again complain about Unicus.with Mr Sibanda requesting him to pay all the R10 million back as it was meant for development.”

Work began in October 2019 but was delayed by heavy rains and only completed in February 2020. It cost just over half of the R10 million that the NLC had already paid for just the athletics track. “I was really scared and took my kids to stay with my mother as I was very worried for their safety,” Khoza said. “I also moved to another office and moved around, staying at different places. It was a very scary time,” she said.

 

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