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| Zondo finds from the evidence relating to TNA and ANN7 that it is clear that Jacob Zuma was close to the Guptas and took an interest in their"ventures".
The Commission further recommends that the SABC institute proceedings to recover the R4.2 million it spent on broadcasting the Guptas' TNA breakfast briefings. Zondo found that “there is no doubt” that former president Jacob Zuma wanted an Inter-Ministerial Committee that was looking at the closures to “come to the assistance of his friends, the Guptas”. “I have concluded [former] President Zuma and Mr Zwane misused their public power in an attempt to achieve a benefit for the Guptas, not because their case was a deserving one… but because of the power and influence which the Guptas were able to wield in the South Africa of those times.
"He as President, abused his office for his own benefit, that of his son and that of his friends, the Guptas. "How did the country end up having as President someone who would act the way President Zuma acted? Someone that could remove as good a public servant as Mr Themba Maseko from his position just so that he could put someone else into that position who would cooperate with the Guptas and give them business.
Njenje handed all of this information over to the Hawks and the NPA, but was instructed by then minister Cwele to halt the investigation which was"president Zuma's decision".Zondo found that it was possible had the Hawks investigation proceeded, that Fraser may never have been appointed director general years later.31m ago| "I find the evidence of Ms Muthambi unconvincing to say the least.
He said of the Nulane project:"The contract was irregularly awarded without any competitive bidding process and appears to have been designed primarily as a device to funnel Free State public funds into the Gupta Enterprise. "This led to the awarding of a vast array of contracts and the payment of billions of rand to entities paying kickbacks to, or controlled by, the Gupta Enterprise." | Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has recommended that a commission of inquiry be appointed to investigate why Prasa was allowed to slide into “almost total ruin”, who should be held accountable for that and who could have benefitted from the “unacceptable state of affairs” at the state-owned entity.
This is a powerful conclusion:"The picture emerges that Mr Zuma put a stop to an investigation that could well have led to Mr Fraser's arrest, prosecution and maybe imprisonment and Mr Fraser put a stop to Mr Zuma's continued incarceration despite the fact that Mr Zuma's incarceration was in terms of an order of the Constitutional Court."| The Commission has recommended that police institute a raft of investigations against former leaders at the state-run rail agency.
"Among them is obviously Mr Jacob Zuma. I cannot help but remember Mr Hlaudi Motsoeneng's evidence in regard to the SABC and MultiChoice contract because in his evidence Mr Motsoeneng told the Commission how he enjoyed curry at the Gupta residence.
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