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Issue 002 · 13 May 2026 · Risk: Elevated ↑
Inside the Room:
How the RFP Founders
Ended Lephema’s Challenge
How the RFP Founders
Ended Lephema’s Challenge
Fourteen in the room. One still unidentified. What emerged outside may be the more consequential story.
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Conflict of Interest · LNDC
1,000×
LSL 100,000 mine.
LSL 100 million loan.
LSL 100 million loan.
A minister applying to his own ministry’s development corporation to recapitalise an asset he acquired for the price of a mid-range vehicle.
Institutional Integrity · Home Affairs
The minister who commands
the police investigating her company.
the police investigating her company.
Raised inside the founders’ meeting on 12 May. The LMPS reports to Minister Voeswa Tsheka — the same minister alleged to hold an interest in its investigation subject.
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