A question mark continues to hang over the head of former Pietermaritzburg businessman Jabulani Mabaso with witnesses in his fraud trial contradicting each other over whether or not he could profit when he procured stationery for the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department.<\/p>\n
Yesterday the former investigating officer, Alan Nixon, told Pietermaritzburg High Court Acting Judge Kobus Booysens that he had two consultations with former senior education official Themba Ndhlovu.<\/p>\n
Nixon said Ndhlovu told him Mabaso’s company, Indiza Infrastructure Solutions, was supposed to supply the stationery at cost and the department was supposed to benefit from discounts.<\/p>\n
But, when Ndhlovu testified on Tuesday, he said there was nothing precluding Mabaso from making a profit, which, he claims, he told Nixon.<\/p>\n
He also said that there was nothing preventing Mabaso’s other company from being a supplier to Indiza.<\/p>\n
The trial continues.<\/p>\n
-Pietermaritzburg Bureau<\/p>\n