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Counter-Claims of Dina Pule

In a series of articles over 10 months, the Sunday Times has alleged that Communications minister Dina Pule had a hand in awarding lucrative contracts to her boyfriend.In a counterattack, Pule defended herself by accusing the Sunday Times journalists Mzilikazi wa Afrika, Rob Rose and Stephan Hofstatter of blackmailing her and being the lackeys of business and political interests wishing to obtain a multi-billion rand tender for the migration to a digital television signal. Pule further claimed one of Wa Afrika’s relatives tried to secure a meeting with her and went as far as “to propose love to me”. Wa Afrika came to know, a number of months after his initial stories were published, that a distant relative had been involved in a relationship with Pule. A relationship she now denies ever taking place. However, Wa Afrika was not aware of this relationship when researching and writing our initial stories. He obtained no information from this relative at all. Wa Afrika told Cape Talk radio the minister was trying to “circumcise a mosquito”.

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