Is Secret Recording Proof that Zuma Did Bosasa's Bidding?
In 2015, Gavin Watson - CEO of controversial company Bosasa - was secretly recorded bragging about how he would lobby then president Jacob Zuma to appoint a National Director of Public Prosecutions who would "protect" high-level officials at the National Prosecuting Authority. Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi is giving testimony before the state capture commission of inquiry about large-scale corruption at state entities.
Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi
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South Africa:
Agrizzi Exposes Flat-Footed SIU Probe Into Large-Scale State Corruption
News24Wire, 24 January 2019
Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi - an eyewitness, and participant to large-scale corruption at state entities - has delivered damning confirmatory testimony to a decade-old Special… Read more »
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South Africa:
'Ramaphosa Might Have to Be Removed As President of Country' - EFF's Mpofu
News24Wire, 24 January 2019
EFF chairperson Dali Mpofu on Thursday reiterated party leader Julius Malema's warning that the red berets may disrupt President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address… Read more »
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South Africa:
Bosasa's Evidence 'Wiped Out' Before SIU Visit to Gather Corruption Evidence
Daily Maverick, 23 January 2019
Bosasa allegedly 'wiped out' more than 40,000 electronic files over three days in December 2008 - just days before the Special Investigating Unit was scheduled to arrive up for a… Read more »
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South Africa:
KZN Prisons Boss Suspended, but Not Over Bosasa Allegations - DCS
News24Wire, 24 January 2019
KwaZulu-Natal prisons boss Mnikelwa Nxele has been suspended, but apparently not because of allegations levelled against him in this week's state capture inquiry. Read more »
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South Africa:
Malema Dares Ramaphosa to Come Clean About Bosasa - or Else
News24Wire, 23 January 2019
Chaos could erupt again at this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA), Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has warned - and this time it could be centred around… Read more »
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South Africa:
Panic Stations At Bosasa? Staff Instructed Not to Speak With Zondo Commission Without Company Lawyer
News24Wire, 23 January 2019
Employees of African Global Operations (AGO), formerly known as Bosasa, have been instructed to "remain calm" and immediately inform a director of the company if they are contacted… Read more »
InFocus
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Former Bosasa chief, Angelo Agrizzi, has alleged that Khotso De Wee was paid an undisclosed amount of cash monthly by Bosasa during 2008 in return for a U.S.$43 million contract ... Read more »
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Former Bosasa chief operations officer, Angelo Agrizzi, has started giving evidence at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating allegations of corruption and fraud ... Read more »