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A Durban businesswoman, who was a building contractor for President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead, has been arrested and charged with fraud and corruption.
The Sunday Independent reports that Thandeka Nene is accused of exaggerating her experience as a builder to win government tenders valued at R118-million, and of bribing a public works official.
The National Prosecuting Authority says she appeared in the Durban Commercial Crime Court and was granted bail.
The case was remanded to December 12.
It is alleged that Nene lied to the Construction Industry Development Board when applying for a grading, that she sent the CIDB forged tax clearance certificates, and that she shared a corrupt relationship with an official from the department of public works.
It is further alleged that she made regular deposits into this person's account and was awarded 12 tenders by the department.
