Thulas Nxesi, Minister of Labour and Employment, is heading to court to set aside a controversial “job-creation” scheme

Minister of Labour and Employment Thulas Nxesi said on Thursday that he would go to court to silence claims by businessman Mthunzi Mdwaba that he solicited a R500 million bribe to allow a dubious job creation scheme by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to proceed.

Nxesi also wants the transaction set aside, saying that he had opposed it since the deal was first struck between Mdwaba and the director-general of his department, Thobile Lamati, last December. 

Mdwaba has alleged that Nxesi derailed it after he refused to pay him a 10% bribe.