/ 12 February 1999

GAUTENG CASINO GRAFT CLAIMS

DEMOCRATIC Party Gauteng leader Peter Leon told the Gauteng legislature on Thursday that he has information that a gambling operator paid R1-million to a Gauteng MEC to secure a casino license. Leon refused repeated requests to name the MEC. Leon subsequently came under fire from leader of the house Firoz Cachalia, who charged that Leon used parliamentary privilege to make unsubstantiated allegations.