(a)(i) Influenced by any person; nor has
(a)(ii) Minister ever influenced any member of staff in his department to take any official administrative action on behalf of any –
(aa) member;
(bb) employee; and/or
(cc) a close associate of the Gupta family.
(b) Minister has never attended any meeting where any of the specified persons were present.
The Amathole Forestry Company (AFC) under Rance Timber Holdings is one of the four companies that have leased land from government. These were concluded during the privatisation of forestry assets by government as led by the Department of Public Enterprises. The lease agreement between DAFF and AFC is a minimum of 70 years based on the average rotation of a plantation, which ranges between ...