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Former Ngwathe mayor Victoria de Beer-Mthombeni and her husband are facing allegations of orchestrating an R8.3 million tender-extortion scheme through his company, Skybuild.

Former Ngwathe mayor Victoria de Beer-Mthombeni and her husband are facing allegations of orchestrating an R8.3 million tender-extortion scheme through his company, Skybuild.

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