The Justice Minister and the head of the prosecuting authority faced questions from justice committee members who quizzed them on when the NPA would use information from the Zondo Commission to prosecute offenders.
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said the state capture inquiry had been costly and forced his department to put some of its programmes on hold.
The concepts of corruption, state capture and contestation for state power are sometimes used interchangeably and thus obfuscate the debate rather than illuminate it, writes David Maimela.
Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama is asked about the testimony of Norma Mngoma that deals with Gama's Transnet re-appointment and the appointment of the sister of her estranged husband Malusi Gigaba.
Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama said he never appointed the former minister’s sister Gugu Gigaba and did not attend a Jacob Zuma Foundation event that Transnet had sponsored with half a million rand.
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa responded to questions about his CR17 campaign and how it was funded when he spent a second day on the witness stand at the commission of inquiry into state capture on 29 April 2021.
ANC NEC member Jeff Radebe said that they were happy with ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa's testimony at the commission of inquiry into state capture. Radebe and other senior ANC members were present at the commission where Ramaphosa was testifying for the second day.
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Senior ANC members were in attendance when party president Cyril Ramaphosa took to the witness stand at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on 28 April 2021.
Cyril Ramaphosa made his first appearance at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on 28 April in his capacity as ANC president and former deputy president.
DA leader John Steenhuisen attended the state capture commission of inquiry on 28 April 2021 to listen to ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa's first day of evidence.
Former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni was supposed to report to Malusi Gigaba as he was Minister of Public Enterprises, but Norma Mngoma said it was the other way around.
The state capture commission is hearing Eskom and Estina dairy farm project related evidence from former Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane on Tuesday.
Malusi Gigaba’s estranged wife testified at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture, where she said Gigaba returned with bags of cash after visits to the Gupta residence.
Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama took the stand at the commission of inquiry into alleged state capture on 26 April 2021. During his testimony, Gama denied that former Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba influenced his appointment in order to further state capture.
Yesterday the commission heard that Anoj Singh earned R19 million from his salary and benefits from 2012 to 2015 – but he did not use a cent of it for living expenses.
The former Transnet CFO was testifying about his bank accounts on Friday, but another date will be set for him.
Former CEO Lucky Montana told the state capture commission that this was why he wanted another service provider and ended up contracting in Strawberry Worx and Umjanji.
