Molefe testified he had been concerned by Roy Moodley's concerted efforts to compromise him.
Transnet Chairman Popo Molefe is pictured at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Parktown, 09 May 2019. Picture: Refilwe ModiseFormer chairperson of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Popo Molefe on Thursday told the commission of inquiry into state capture of the attempts by businessman Roy Moodley to capture him.
Molefe told the commission of three instances where Moodley allegedly attempted to capture him. These were an invitation extended by the businessman to the former Prasa chair to a golf tournament hosted by the former; an invitation from Moodley to Molefe to the Durban July; and an offer by Moodley to cover Molefe’s expenses for a 2015 trip to attend the US Masters golf tournament.
Molefe said capturers employ various methods to capture people holding critical positions in state institutions, including offering them freebies and money, among other things, which “results in them becoming beholden to them”.“By that time I knew [he was a service provider at Prasa],” he said. He said the fact that Zuma was on Moodley’s payroll was a good example of how state capture unravels.
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