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Cut ties with Bosasa immediately, Popcru tells correctional services
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) on Friday called for the Department of Correctional Services to immediately cease any work with Bosasa.
"They have not added any value in ensuring the DCS (Department of Correctional Services) lives up to its core mandate, which is to rehabilitate inmates. [Instead], they continued to corrupt individual decision-makers in the department at the compromise of service delivery," Popcru spokesperson Richard Mamabolo charged.
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North West ANC benefitted from money laundering, Zondo commission hears
Former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi told the judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture that members of the ANC in the North West had in the past laundered money through the facility's youth centres and allegedly used it for regional elections.
Agrizzi revealed this on Friday during his third day of testimony.
He said the Department of Social Development in the province had paid Bosasa for software programmes already in place at youth development centres.
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Zondo commission secretary on 'special leave' while Bosasa bribery allegations are investigated
The secretary to the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture, Dr Khotso de Wee, has been placed on special leave pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that he was paid bribes by Bosasa.
De Wee has denied the allegations, which are made in an affidavit by former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi.
Agrizzi is currently giving evidence before the commission.
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Here are the details of that affidavit:
Bosasa CEO's 'hidden' R500K donation to Ramaphosa deconstructed
Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson's R500 000 "donation" to President Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC presidential campaign in October last year, was designed to be hidden from scrutiny.
Piecing together the mechanics of the payment, News24 has found obvious attempts to shield the identity of the donor from the recipient, being Ramaphosa's campaign.
At the same time, the campaign took steps to keep secret those who donated to it.
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Zondo commission secretary implicated in Bosasa corruption
The secretary of the state capture commission of inquiry, Dr Khotso de Wee, is implicated in testimony before the selfsame commission by former Bosasa top boss, Angelo Agrizzi.
In a stunning twist, News24 can report that Agrizzi will name De Wee as a recipient of cash payments relating to a 2008 tender awarded to Bosasa subsidiary, Sondolo IT, by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ) for the installation of security systems at courts around the country.
News24 emailed detailed questions to the commission and followed up with phone calls and text messages to obtain comment, but at the time of writing, no response had been forthcoming. This article will be updated as soon as a response is received.
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PP: In December he expressed his intention to return, you asked him to turn his statement into a sworn affidavit. He did that. In January he returned, and again withdrew.
PP: Now dealing with contents of the Peet Venter affidavit. I am told there would be some controversy emanating from the contents of this affidavit.
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AA: I was clear, I told Peet Venter I could not look after him financially. If you want to come clean. I was already supporting about 20 family's. I then got a call, he had spoken with his wife or whoever, and had signed his statement.
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The number of schemes to generate cash used by Bosasa is mind-boggling. It shows the extent the company went to to get cash for bribes. It involves a level of premeditation and intent that any prosecutor would have a field day with.
We move now to Mr Peet Venter, whose affidavit revealed the R500 000 donation to the presidential campaign of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Agrizzi asked not to mention the company imlicated.
AA: We wanted to buy a company that would produce lots of cash.
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PP: You refer to another payment in paragraph in 18.3.
AA: There was one person who would have to manipulate the computer systems, the stockholdings, He got R20 000 a month.
PP: Did you take part? If not, where does your knowledge come from?
AA: I was integrally involved in running the business, that's where I got a lot of the information from. I was well aware of the payments and processes.