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FILE: Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor gives testimony at the state capture commission of inquiry on 27 August 2018. Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News

Vytjie mentor

Vytjie Mentor: An early whistle blower of state capture with little credibility

By Theto Mahlakoana

Although Mentor was among a few people who spoke up about claims of the Gupta family's involvement in the appointment of individuals to key positions in the...

  • FILE: ActionSA's Western Cape leader Vytjie Mentor. Picture: @Action4SA_Cape/Twitter.

    ActionSA WC chair Vytjie Mentor steps down

    ActionSA President Herman Mashaba said the decision comes after Mentor had experienced some health-related issues.

    58 days ago
  • FILE: ActionSA's Western Cape leader Vytjie Mentor. Picture: @Action4SA_Cape/Twitter.

    ActionSA’s Mentor: We won’t steal like the ANC has been stealing

    ActionSA's Western Cape leader Vytjie Mentor was addressing supporters at the party’s final rally in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday.

    285 days ago
  • Duduzane Zuma at the Zondo commission of inquiry into State Capture on 7 October 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Duduzane Zuma to find out why he wasn't asked about Vytjie Mentor's claims

    Businessman Duduzane Zuma had questioned why the commission had not asked him to respond to the testimony of former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor.

    1036 days ago
  • FILE: Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor gives testimony at the state capture commission of inquiry on 27 August 2018. Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News

    State capture: 5 Mentor claims Zuma has denied

    Here are the five allegations the former president denied during his second day of testimony at the commission on Tuesday.

    1119 days ago
  • Former President Jacob Zuma at the state capture commission on 16 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Zuma refutes Maseko & Mentor testimonies at Zondo commission

    The commission also saw more legal wrangling with Jacob Zuma’s legal team objecting to the line of questioning by the commission’s legal head advocate Paul Pretorius.

    1119 days ago
  • FILE: Vytjie Mentor. Picture: EWN.

    Vytjie Mentor is officially done with the ANC

    Vytjie Mentor has dumped the ANC and will now be campaigning for the ACDP in the runup to the May elections.

    1230 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor giving testimony at the Zondo Commission on 12 February 2019.

    Vytjie Mentor didn't tell me about Guptas’ job offer - Hlengiwe Mgabadeli

    Vytjie Mentor testified last year that after being summoned by the Gupta brothers and former President Jacob Zuma, she told some MPs about the 2010 meeting.

    1244 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor giving testimony at the Zondo Commission on 12 February 2019.

    Mentor struggled to identify Gupta Saxonwold compound, inquiry hears

    Vytjie Mentor gave detailed descriptions of the Gupta’s Saxonwold compound when she testified before the commission late in 2018, saying she remembers everything.

    1271 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor giving testimony at the Zondo Commission on 12 February 2019.

    Architects disprove Vytjie Mentor’s description of Gupta residence

    Vytjie Mentor was questioned about her visit to the house in 2010 where she claims the controversial family offered her the position of public enterprises minister.

    1272 days ago
  • A screengrab of Cope spokesperson Dennis Bloem is appearing at the Zondo Commission of inquiry into state capture on 1 February 2019.

    Cope's Bloem says Vytjie Mentor told him of Gupta ministerial job offer

    Mentor’s claim has been challenged at the state capture commission.

    1272 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor giving testimony at the Zondo Commission on 12 February 2019.

    Audio recording suggests Vytjie Mentor lied about Hawks meeting

    Last year, Mentor testified accusing Hawks official Mandla Mtolo of telling her to remove former President Jacob Zuma's name from a criminal case she lodged in 2016 if she wanted it to be investigated.

    1273 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor giving testimony at the Zondo Commission on 12 February 2019.

    #StateCaptureInquiry: Mentor & Kaunda - who’s lying?

    Despite the cellphone records contradicting her initial claim, former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor insists she did speak to former Jacob Zuma's advisor Lakela Kaunda.

    1273 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor giving testimony at the Zondo Commission on 12 February 2019.

    Mentor complains about unfair treatment at #StateCaptureInquiry

    Vytjie Mentor returned to the stand on Tuesday, with the inquiry putting to her its own version of events, contradicting what she told the commission last year.

    1274 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor giving testimony at the Zondo Commission on 12 February 2019.

    Vytjie Mentor refuses to concede making mistake on Ajay Gupta testimony

    Mentor told the state capture commission of inquiry last year that she met the Gupta bother in Beijing with former President Jacob Zuma during that trip.

    1274 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor appearing at the Zondo Commission on 11 February 2019.

    [WATCH LIVE] Cross-examination of Vytjie Mentor continues

    A number of discrepancies have cropped up with her testimony and her credibility is under the microscope.

    1274 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor appearing at the Zondo Commission on 11 February 2019.

    #StateCapture: 5 discrepancies from Vytjie Mentor’s testimony

    The former ANC MP has returned to the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture to face cross-examination on her testimony.

    1274 days ago
  • A screengrab of Vytjie Mentor appearing at the Zondo Commission on 11 February 2019.

    Mentor makes some concessions in testimony over Gupta Saxonwold compound

    During her testimony last year, Mentor described the house, saying that there were marble stairs, bathrooms with a gold finish, exquisite mirrors and a chef, among others.

    1274 days ago
  • Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor gives testimony in the state capture commission of inquiry on 27 August 2018.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Zondo Commission's findings contradict Vytjie Mentor’s testimony

    The commission used records it obtained from the Departments of Home Affairs and Trade and Industry to prove that Atul Gupta was not part of a state visit to China as initially claimed by Mentor.

    1274 days ago
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