Mashatile is in hot water over undecleared diamond gift
This as the committee has recommended that Deputy President Paul Mashatile be fined R10,000 for failing to disclose a diamond that was gifted to his wife by businessman Louis Liebenberg.
Mashatile claimed that he was waiting for an appraisal before declaring it and has since handed it over to the National Prosecuting Authority.
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