Special Investigations Unit boss says unit is monitoring the evidence led at Zondo commission
The Special Investigations Unit will seek approval from President Cyril Ramaphosa to extend its 2009 Bosasa investigation so that it can probe the explosive new evidence that has emerged against the disgraced facilities company at the state capture inquiry.
This related to the testimony of Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi and other witnesses. It emerged at the state capture inquiry that the facilities company allegedly bribed government officials to win state contracts worth billions of rand. Bosasa has now applied for voluntary liquidation after commercial banks pulled the plug on its accounts.
Mti, Gillingham, Agrizzi and former Bosasa CFO Andries van Tonder recently appeared in court on charges of money laundering and corruption. They, with Frans Vorster and Carlos Bonifacio — who were charged separately in another Bosasa-related case — were released on R20,000 bail each. The presidency announced on Sunday that Ramaphosa has established a special tribunal aimed at fast-tracking the recovery of money linked to allegedly dodgy tenders.
“When I studied the report of the SIU of 2009, it does not outline in any manner, with any detail, how the state was put out of pocket, so as to determine the quantum that you would then want to recover.”Masutha revealed that his department had no choice but to continue allowing a Bosasa-linked company to protect courts, but had cancelled its last correctional services contract with the disgraced company.
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