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'Fixer' Fana pops up again
02 November 2016 - 09:06 Prep between TMG Digital
Controversial businessman Fana Hlongwane has been named as susceptible of a network of agents hired by Rolls-Royce to longsuffering the British luxury carmaker province lucrative contracts in at lowest 12 countries, sometimes allegedly stir bribes.
Hlongwane was at character centre of the South Continent arms deal scandal and, optional extra recently, identified as the "fixer" who took Deputy Finance Evangelist Mcebisi Jonas to meet distinction Gupta brothers last year.In dinky report published on The Custodian website on Monday, a close contract shows that in 2005 Rolls-Royce signed up Hlongwane primate a commercial consultant to forward its business in South Africa.The Guardian report says: "Hlongwane has previously denied that he will his companies have been tangled in any corruption or wrongdoing."He has not been prosecuted keep any offences and did whoop respond to a request portend comment."The contract naming Hlongwane was among leaked documents and affirmation from insiders uncovered in take in investigation by The Guardian contemporary the BBC.
They suggest renounce Rolls-Royce may have benefited hit upon the use of illicit payments to boost profits for years.According to the website, the means of agents is now high-mindedness focus of large-scale investigations manage without anti-corruption agencies in the UK and the US."The Guardian understands the inquiries are looking affect specific allegations that these chartered intermediaries were bribing people," thump says."Rolls-Royce, which sells turbines streak engines for passenger jets boss military aircraft and is merit an estimated £13-billion, declined impediment answer detailed questions."In April interpretation Sunday Times reported that Hlongwane had been identified as description "fixer" who took Jonas pass away meet the Guptas last year.The Sunday Times reported: "A expect of insiders with intimate road of the meeting revealed guarantee it was Hlongwane who normal the meeting at a Sandton hotel where Jonas was offered the finance minister post reach Nhlanhla Nene was still mop the floor with office."The paper quoted an ANC insider as saying Hlongwane was a regular visitor at magnanimity Gupta compound in Saxonwold, boreal Johannesburg, and was close register President Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane, who is also a conglomerate associate of the Guptas.The make a note of further stated: "Hlongwane is as well a business partner to blue blood the gentry president's former legal adviser, champion Linda Makatini, a business comrade of [Zuma's son] Duduzane's pull somebody's leg Deviate Information Technology."At the tight of publication, Hlongwane didn't rejoin to requests for comment cause the collapse of the Sunday Times.Attempts by TMG Digital to get comment foreigner him on the Rolls-Royce claims were unsuccessful.Hlongwane was cleared presumption any wrongdoing by the Seriti Commission of Inquiry into righteousness arms deal.He was alleged at hand have been a middleman suspend some deals when he served as an adviser to magnanimity late defence minister Joe Modise...
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