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title: "Watch – ‘Forged’ Signatures, Unpaid Workers: The Collen Mashawana Foundation Scandal"
description: "The Collen Mashawana Foundation, which features an explosive Daily Maverick video exposé on suspended IDT CEO Tebogo Malaka’s bribe attempt, has been accused of allegedly forging the signatures of hundreds of low-paid workers in order to access millions of rand in funding from the Independent Development Trust. Many of those workers allege they were never paid, and some claim they were compelled to perform labor at properties owned by the Mashawana family. Daily Maverick investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh has the details."
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# Watch – ‘Forged’ Signatures, Unpaid Workers: The Collen Mashawana Foundation Scandal

> The Collen Mashawana Foundation, which features an explosive Daily Maverick video exposé on suspended IDT CEO Tebogo Malaka’s bribe attempt, has been accused of allegedly forging the signatures of hundreds of low-paid workers in order to access millions of rand in funding from the Independent Development Trust. Many of those workers allege they were never paid, and some claim they were compelled to perform labor at properties owned by the Mashawana family. Daily Maverick investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh has the details.

By Pieter-Louis Myburgh · Published 30 November 2025, 21:41 SAST

## Content

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJT4Pu7w9FQ)

Reporting by: Pieter-Louis Myburgh 
Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo 
Filmed by: Joel Seboa 
Produced by: Emilie Gambade 
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn

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