How MEC did a hit 'n run - Empty sex for tender promise
MPUMALANGA safety and security MEC Vusi Shongwe is accused by a trailblazing Soweto businesswoman of being sexually intimate with her after promising her tenders and then dumping her like an incriminating exhibit.
WASN'T ME: Vusi Shongwe. Picture by Veli Nhlapho
HURT: Phindi Makhathini. Picture by Mohau MofokengHe just looked at me as if he had never seen me
Entrepreneur Phindi Makhathini alleges that she had a clandestine affair with Shongwe in 2010 but the married politician dumped her like a volcano spitting out hot lava after having sex with her.
But Shongwe says he does not know Makhathini from a bar of soap and encouraged her to "take me to a court of law".
Speaking to Sunday World from her Mndeni home, Makhathini says that she was introduced to Shongwe by a friend when the politico was still MEC for culture, sport and recreation in the province. The mother of three says it all started well and romance was in the air until the two spent the night together at a Pretoria hotel.
"We exchanged numbers through my friend and started calling each other. One day he called me and said that he was on his way to Pretoria and asked me if we could meet there for lunch, to which I agreed," she says.
Makhathini says Shongwe phoned later and invited her for dinner at the Protea Hotel in Pretoria: "I then drove to Pretoria and parked at MacDonald's, where his bodyguards arrived in a 4x4 with blue lights - and I followed them to the hotel where Vusi and I had dinner."
She says they later went into his room where they struck it off.
"He asked me what I was doing for a living and I told him that I sell clothes, particularly ANC T-shirts. He promised me tenders if I had registered companies. When I was about to go, he persuaded me to sleep over. We had sex and I left the following day," she says.
Makhathini says that Shongwe phoned to check up on her later in the day and he did so again the following day but the calls dried up after a few days.
"When I phoned him he would answer his cellphone but told me that he was too busy to talk to me," she says.
Makhathini says she was left heartbroken: "He wouldn't answer my calls at all. He simply ignored my calls. I then deleted his cell number and moved on with my life."
Makhathini says what angered her most was when she waved at him during the ANC centenary celebration in Mangaung this year.
"He just looked at me as if he had never seen me. Now is this what these politicians do? Sleep with women, promise them tenders, and leave them like that? I'm so hurt," she says.
When Shongwe was pressed for comment, he said: "Oh that one, that one . what is the name of the woman again? I never go to Pretoria for anything, where can she prove that? Let her go to the court of law and prove that."
Shongwe denied promising her tenders: "If you are talking about tenders, what tenders can I have in the department of sports? I don't want to deal with crooks."
Shongwe also confirmed that he went to Mangaung but denied that he ignored Makhathini.
"Yes I went to Mangaung but I don't remember talking to or ignoring anyone. I'm a reasonable person," he says.
malatjin@sundayworld.co.za
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uMnuz
IT WAS ON a silver platter. Annoying desperate woman!SlevinKalevra
Serves you right!!I bet you were not gonna even deliver good service! Glad he bonked the sh!t out of you and left you! Tenders Must not be awarded because you slept with the Minister! Sefebe!!
Intweyinkinga
I agree with you why give sex for something in return its rather she is prostitutevivla
Is this women serious? She is angry yes but what kind of a picture is she giving herself? In this case who is the bad guy?Babedollz
When Shongwe was pressed for comment, he said: "Oh that one, that one . what is the name of the woman again? I never go to Pretoria for anything, where can she prove that? Let her go to the court of law and prove that."-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hahaaaa ohh that one, that one lmaoooo what's her name again lmaooooo lol de man can't even remember her name. Lol yah neh. sorry sisi dat's what happens when you open legs for married men, they'll deny u publicly.
Lehido
You are as rottern as he is, boody wh0re, if he had the powers to award tenders, you were willing to beat your competitors by sleeping with him......Shame on you, So, Why are you crying to the media now?....Fosek maanTHANDY
u r just a disgrace to women , cheap sl*t , it serves u right, de man didnt rape u.BiBi
cicici mother of three seriously i hope you dont have a girl child what lesson are you going to give her that its ok to sleep with a man( married or not) to get something i bet those children are from different fathers who promised you something, hayi ntombi uyisiphoxoeisleben
Now, that is my boy. Eat, shoots and leaves. All these women that always think politicians are a source of quick bucks. That is what you get for not being smart enough to throughly suss out your expecttations. Lower your goals, woman, lower your goals. If you think your cat is a ticket to government money you have got it coming, my girl. In this world you either work hard or you work smart, and your beaver does not count. That one should be dished out for free.Mwelase
Baphi oyise bezingane, chalaha ndini? three kids but still having nights outstandings. uyagitshelwa nje then you produce. uyingwababane mgawulanduku ndini.somaartakeit
Hayi shem I give it to Ms Makhathini, unothando straight, sleeping with someone whose face look like that of a bulldog, how will she mend her reputation after this?Read all 33 comments