Mahikeng – North West businessman Wandile Bozwana was killed for fighting corruption, mourners heard on Thursday.
“Wandile was questioning the irregular awarding of tenders. We have companies that were awarded multi-million (rand) tenders even when they did not have tax certificates. Bozwana was fighting this corruption,” said Mothusi Montwedi from Taung, an ANC member attending Bozwana’s memorial service in Mahikeng.
“The ANC is infiltrated by the premier league. They decide the outcome of conferences. Business in the province cannot be available to Supra (Mahumapelo) and few of his friends,” he said to a chorus of applause from the crowd.
The so-called Premier League is believed to be made up of the provincial premiers of the North West, Mpumalanga and Free State, who are said to be key players on the political landscape.
“My children are still young, even if I could be killed, I have to speak the truth.”
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader in the North West Legislature, Alfred Motsi, said Bozwana’s killers could be arrested.
“These people could be traced. There are few M3 series, go to BMW it will give you information, the next is Sanral, that car passed through the e-toll gantry. Sanral will tell us whether that BMW went to Polokwane or Johannesburg,” he said.
Motsi said the gunman might be a foreigner who had already jumped the border and vanished without trace.
“I know how ‘die bro’ works. If he want something he will get it no matter what,” he said without giving names.
Bozwana, who was the deputy chairman of the North West Business Forum, was gunned down in Pretoria last Friday.
He is set to be laid to rest in Pretoria on Saturday.
African News Agency