THE Hawks have arrested controversial businessman and director of Blackhead Consulting Edwin Sodi during a dramatic swoop by the elite crime fighting unit in Johannesburg.
Sodi appeared before the State Capture Commission on Tuesday in connection with the R255 million Free State asbestos project.
The Hawks also confirmed the arrest of former head of the Free State’s Department of Human Settlements Nthimotse Mokhesi, and former national Human Settlements Director-General Thabane Zulu.
The former mayor of the Mangaung Metro, Olly Mlamleli, is alleged to be among those arrested on Wednesday.
The arrests are part of a joint operation being conducted in Gauteng, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
The State Capture commission is currently investigating the R255 million contract awarded by the Free State government for the eradication of asbestos in government houses.
Moketse recently testified before the commission that he received more than R600 000 from Sodi’s company.
Mokhesi told the commission
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