Formerly hidden information continues to come to the fore as the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee questions people about the solar power agreement between the government of Lesotho and that shady company Frazer Solar GmBH.
In what could at best be described as the biggest white collar crime of our time, Solar power company Frazer Solar GmbH was allegedly awarded a R855-million in damages by a South African court after the Lesotho government reportedly reneged on a contract, which was purportedly to be funded by the German government, as part of a wider programme to turn Lesotho into a net exporter of electricity.
From the very beginning, every piece of information pointed to former minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Temeki Tṧolo, having put his signature in the transaction that has been equated to selling the country. Yet, the Mafeteng MP vehemently denied any involvement in the deal.
All testimonies before the PAC implicate him as the mastermind behind the transaction. Yet he continues to deny any wrong doing. He is not ashamed to stoop so low as to feign amnesia. His mind is total blank.
This raises one important question. Was this even a deal in the first place? For all we know, it could have been a ploy to defraud the government by accusing it of reneging on a non-existing deal. We strongly suspect the former minster is going to get a cut from Frazer when the country bleeds M855 million.
Otherwise, how do you explain the fact that all court correspondence such as summonses were delivered to him, instead of the attorney general.
The Mafeteng politician must be locked up as soon as yesterday.
