Gauteng agency bent over backwards to give loans to Mashatile's son-in-law, probe finds

A forensic investigation has found the Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) bent over backwards and went out of its way to ensure that Deputy President Paul Mashatile's son-in-law Nceba Nonkwelo's ill-fated project got off the ground. 

The explosive report, released by Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile on Monday, said it also appeared as if the GPF board tailored and amended policies and procedures to accommodate the project even when it was clear it was not financially viable.   

According to the report, compiled by Gildenhuys Malatji Incorporated, Nonkwelo's company, Nonkwelo Investments, was also potentially granted "special treatment" when the GPF approved his multimillion-rand project to build affordable housing.