Mdluli Safari Lodge

[Klipspringer]

Another article, pointing to the economic benefit

https://www.pressreader.com/south-afric ... 6975968583

[Richprins]

[Lisbeth]

In this article they have made everything sound so simple, not so in all the earlier postings It is not mentioned if the Lodge's game drives will have access to the KNP Without that.......

[Richprins]

Interesting the reference to a 100% tax benefit regarding input costs for community projects, a good idea in theory!

Nkambeni has its own big lodge not far away, and has been running it for many years with Kruger access roads of their own.

[Richprins]

As usual the majority stakeholder in Tourvest is a BEE group, in this case the Guma Group of Robert Gumede. (The old Gijima, which changed its name after some controversies.) Gumede is obscenely rich and extremely well-connected with the ANC.


https://mg.co.za/article/2010-11-05-who ... ert-gumede

Gijima is currently involved in the Skukuza hotel, and had the Kruger IT contract from 2002-2006: https://www.sanparks.org/docs/general/2006.pdf

They were also involved with the abortive Malelane hotel, and the Mjejane Trust.


Tourvest is/was the retail operator for the Park's shops.

[Lisbeth]

The Gumede story is interesting, but there is a big hole where he goes from being a clerk an prosecutor to owning a football team

Nice carreer though; he must be a clever guy

[Richprins]

He is a big provider of election funding for the ANC...

[Lisbeth]

Page 8 (Annual Report 2005/2006)

Ensure best practices
in understanding and
managing HIV and
AIDS (and associated
diseases)

Sometimes you find things in the SANParks' reports that doesn't seem to have anything to do with them

[Richprins]

Our friend Mr Gumede and Gijima, for example...



How Emfuleni wasted millions: Officials, tenderpreneurs and private sector companies fingered for fraud
Sipho Masondo 2019-09-02 00:00
Businessman Robert Gumede



Municipality to charge officials of pouring money down drain, bringing service delivery to a halt

The embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality paid the company of billionaire businessperson and ANC benefactor Robert Gumede R16.2 million for an expired cellphone services contract and settled a R1.2 million security bill at the guesthouse of former mayor Simon Mofokeng.

These details are contained in five forensic reports which finger officials, politicians, tenderpreneurs and private sector companies of fraud and corruption by awarding and mismanaging five tenders totalling more than R300 million.

The reports show how officials allegedly irregularly awarded and fraudulently extended security, fleet lease, cellphone and landfill sites management tenders in contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act.

. Between 2007 and 2017 Gijima AST was paid R16.2 million for a tender to provide a bouquet of cellphone services contract which expired in 2007;


https://city-press.news24.com/News/how- ... d-20190902

[Lisbeth]

Little by little it looks as if things are surfacing and the culprits will be paying for their wrongdoings