Did the contractor controversially paid R100-million by the Post Office to revamp its branches do private favours for executives of the paraÂÂstatal — including its then-CEO, Maanda Manyatshe?
Manyatshe, now boss of cellphone giant MTN, denies a ”corrupt relationship” with the contractor, Vision Design House (VDH). But he admits that, at the time VDH worked for the Post Office, he discussed the state of his homes with a VDH director, who visited his Cape Town home and produced a ”computer-generated schematic of suggestions”. This, he says, was ”the extent” of his private involvement with VDH.
The Mail & Guardian, however, has evidence that VDH also worked on design plans for Manyatshe’s Johannesburg home. This was days before Manyatshe signed the main contract between the Post Office and VDH.
In addition, the M&G has established that VDH worked on the dÃ