President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the appointment of Des van Rooyen as finance minister by Jacob Zuma was the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to state capture.
Former CEO of Trillian Management Consulting, Bianca Goodson, told the state capture commission that she was told in October, two months before Mohamed Bobat was appointed, that he would move to better opportunities.
Former ANC MP Khoza said that the party's leadership said that it was under attack and that no MP would be allowed to vote against Zuma in a motion of no confidence but she believed that Zuma was a liability.
On the 2020 anniversary of uMkhonto weSizwe's formation, Omry Makgoale posits that its military veterans association needs a desperate overhaul.
Former Trillian Capital and Regiments Capital employee, Mosilo Mothepu, on Thursday testified at the state capture commission that the two companies told state-owned entities (SOEs) what to do even though the SOEs were the clients.
Klein was at the state capture commission on Thursday following Tsotsi’s testimony over the past two days.
The former Finance Minister, Des van Rooyen, said it didn’t matter to him that his advisor, Mahommad Bobat, was linked to Regiments Capital, which had serious allegations of malfeasance against it.
Former Finance Minister Des Van Rooyen appeared before the state capture of commission of inquiry on 11 August 2020. Here are the highlights of his testimony.
This was the response of former National Treasury Director-General Lungisa Fuzile at the state capture of commission of inquiry after former Finance Minister Des Van Rooyen's lawyer argued that there was no danger of a security breach when Van Rooyen's advisor, Mohammed Bobat, sent a Cabinet document to the Guptas
The former Cabinet minister, during his testimony on Tuesday at the state capture inquiry, accused the former Public Protector of making findings against him without giving him an opportunity to answer.
This after former Finance Minister Des van Rooyen’s lawyer, Advocate Kgomosoane Mathipa, argued that there was no danger of a security breach when Van Rooyen’s then advisor, Mohammed Bobat, sent a Cabinet document to the Guptas.
Former Treasury DG Lungisa Fuzile testified at the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday that it dawned on him when Des van Rooyen arrived with advisors of Indian descent at the department after his appointment as finance minister.
Des Van Rooyen is expected to speak on the appointments that he made in the one weekend that he was minister
Fuzile previously testified that in his first meeting with Van Rooyen, when he was finance minister, he was instructed him to appoint Gupta associates Mahomed Bobat, Ian Whitley and Malcolm Mabaso to his office.
The former treasury director general previously testified that in his first meeting with Van Rooyen, he was instructed him to appoint Gupta associates Mahomed Bobat, Ian Whitley and Malcolm Mabaso to his office.
Van Rooyen has also been granted an application to give evidence before the state capture commission.
Fuzile first appeared before the Zondo Commission last November and testified there was a connection between the interests of the Guptas and former President Jacob Zuma.
Des Van Rooyen was briefly appointed finance minister in 2015 after Nhlanhla Nene was unceremoniously fired in a move that sent shockwaves through the markets.
