Former Lesotho Trade Minister Propane Lebesa benefited while still in office from a government scheme that was intended to pay the rent of students studying in South Africa.
The Mail & Guardian has learned that Lebesa was — and still is — the business partner of Bothata Mahlala, who is suspected of defrauding the scheme of millions of rand in 2009.
Lebesa confirmed that a company of…
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