Sphelo Samuel is being cross-examined on day two of suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's impeachment inquiry before Parliament.
Sphelo Samuel who is head of the Public Protector's Office in the Free State is testifying against Mkhwebane.
Presenter John Maytham chats to Rudi Heyneke, the project manager at the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) about the fourth instalment of the state capture report.
Committee chairperson Mosebenzi Zwane said that it was critical that the provincial and national governments intervened.
Travel Excellence agent Halima Allana, who also testified at the state capture commission of Tuesday, said Salim Essa booked for himself, Mozebenzi Zwane and Rajesh Gupta.
Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane told the Zondo Commission that he did not know that the Free State government had contracted a Gupta-linked company in the failed Free State dairy farm project. It is alleged that almost R200 million meant for emerging black farmers in Vrede, in the Free State, flowed to Estina. Zwane appeared at the Zondo Commission on 13 May 2021.
Mosebenzi Zwane told the State Capture Commission that a provincial government exco had given the project the green light, but evidence leader Advocate Pule Seleka wanted to know if it wasn’t misled.
Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said that the Zondo Commission was abusing his generosity by making him answer the same questions over and over, so he would not return even if he was asked to.
Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane sad that he did not know that the local shops of Vrede were never supplied with milk by the Estina dairy farm or that the intended beneficiaries of the project did not benefit because he had left.
Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane is at the state capture commission on Thursday answering questions on the Vrede dairy farm and his Gupta-sponsored trips to India.
Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said it was just a coincidence that he and the choir would travel on the same flight that the Guptas had paid for.
The state capture commission is hearing evidence on Estina dairy farm project from former Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane on Thursday.
Testifying before the Zondo Commission, Zwane on Tuesday defended his trip to Switzerland in December 2015.
Zwane has on Tuesday told the state capture commission he did not put any pressure on Glencore to sell the mine to the Gupta-linked company.
The state capture commission is hearing Eskom and Estina dairy farm project related evidence from former Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane on Tuesday.
Outa’s Matt Johnston said Zwane kept postponing his appearance saying he was writing exams or was ill.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Monday released a number of investigation reports at a press briefing.
Several former officials told the commission that Mosebenzi Zwane came up with the idea and that the scheme was used to pay suppliers who were handpicked by the former MEC.
