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The public funds which were meant to benefit small-scale black farmers in the province, allegedly lined the Guptas’ pockets. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Vrede Dairy project was conceptualised by Zwane — who was then Free State agricultural MEC, along with the province’s former department of agriculture head, </span><a href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-06-07-docket-nr-971-02-2021-peter-thabethe-gets-bail-in-free-state-gupta-case/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Thabethe</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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Former minister of mineral resources Mosebenzi Zwane appears in the dock alongside his co-accused Ronica Ragavan and Ugeshni Govender, at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court in Free State. (Photo: Dan Ingham)