State capture inquiry begins

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TysonRoux said:
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...cting-head-of-kzn-hawks-organised-crime-unit/
The appointment of Colonel WS “Welcome” Mhlongo to the key position of acting Provincial Commander of the Serious Organised Crime unit in KwaZulu-Natal flies in the face of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitment to cleaning up criminal elements working within the law enforcement cluster and who had enabled State Capture.
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These Zuptoids are still fighting back. The SANEF has written an article saying this particular Hawks officer has laid charges against the journalist for leaking the story posted earlier: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...ists-can-have-a-chilling-effect-on-newsrooms/
A charge was laid at the Durban Central police station by Colonel WS “Welcome” Mhlongo, who was the subject of Thamm’s expose in Daily Maverick. As a result, an investigating officer contacted Thamm asking her to reveal her sources.

Thamm will respond in an affidavit that she will not reveal her sources.
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They are also attempting to intimidate other journalists:
It has emerged that police have indicated that they are investigating charges laid by Durban businessman Roy Moodley against GroundUp, reporter Aidan Jones and Citizen editor Trevor Stevens. Jones had written an article for GroundUp exposing alleged corruption involving Moodley in relation to the Passenger Rail Association of South Africa. The article was republished in The Citizen and Daily Maverick (hence, presumably, leading to the police visit to the online publication’s Joburg offices).
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Going back to the agreement made with Zuma’s council,

https://www.timeslive.co.za/politic...as-jacob-zuma-arrives-at-state-capture-probe/

Zondo described what will now happen, saying the commission’s legal team will indicate to Zuma's lawyers what its areas of interest are in each witness's statement or affidavit on which the commission would like the former president to testify.

Thereafter, Zuma will provide, through his legal team, statements that indicate his responses to these aspects.

This process is expected to take more than two weeks.

"The agreement is that counsel for the former president will meet before the end of the next two weeks with a view to the commission's legal team making available a document which indicates exactly which areas in the various affidavits of witnesses they would like the former president to give information about," Zondo said.

"The two teams will agree on the timeframe within which the former president's counsel will provide the former president's statements in regards to the specific areas of interest … If the two sides are not able to agree on the timeframe, they will approach me.

"It is contemplated within this agreement that at a certain stage the former president will come back and give evidence and it is contemplated that with the process that has been agreed to by all sides, it may well be that the time in which he needs to testify might be shortened."
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This meeting should have happened on August the 2nd. The public isn’t party to the counsel gathering, but I am curious as to what the outcome may have been. To establish that Zuma must return as a witness at a certain stage is vague. I am quite sure the two teams won't be able to agree and that they will have to approach Zondo, but when?

I guess we have to wait until the 12th.
 
Paywalled article:

https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2019-08-11-jacob-zumas-zondo-bill-paid-by-state/

Jacob Zuma's Zondo bill paid by state
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When Jacob Zuma's lawyers put up a fight at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture, accusing it of being biased and unfair, the state footed their bill.

The department of justice told the Sunday Times that it had paid Zuma's legal fees every time his lawyers communicated with the department and when he appeared at the commission last month...
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I see it is nothing new...

http://www.702.co.za/articles/34032...for-zondo-commission-witnesses-including-zuma

Taxpayers are paying for Zondo Commission witnesses, including Zuma
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According to the Business Day, not only are taxpayers footing the bill for the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, but taxpayers are also paying legal fees for some implicated officials and witnesses including former president Jacob Zuma.

According to the Business Day, not only are taxpayers footing the bill for the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, but taxpayers are also paying legal fees for some implicated officials and witnesses including former president Jacob Zuma.
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TysonRoux said:
A long but interesting read.

How State Capture Inc funded the ANC

Regiments Capital’s attempts to convert its political connections into contracts shows how money subverted the party.

Last month the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) held public hearings on the Political Party Funding Act, which will force parties to disclose donations and, in the process, reveal how money shapes our politics.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-08-13-how-state-capture-inc-funded-the-anc/
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Rather long to read in one go, and much information about Gauteng politicians that I have never heard of, but evidence that wide-scale corruption has been going on for decades.

The Guptas were more brazen, and went straight for the top...
 
Gordon_R said:
Rather long to read in one go, and much information about Gauteng politicians that I have never heard of, but evidence that wide-scale corruption has been going on for decades.

The Guptas were more brazen, and went straight for the top...
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This is the tip, trust me there is so much more to come.
 
Captain obvious has spoken.

Jonas: There’d be no state capture if ANC wasn’t captured


Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said there would be no state capture if the governing party was not captured.

Jonas was speaking at the launch of his book After Dawn: Hope After State Capture on Tuesday evening in Johannesburg.

He has reflected on the time he was offered the finance minister position and R600 million by the Gupta brothers, saying it was clear that they had political strength.

Public figures attending Jonas’s book launch include Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa.
 
Oh noes...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...s-derek-hanekoms-lawyers-try-to-serve-notice/

Jacob Zuma goes MIA as Derek Hanekom’s lawyers try to serve notice
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How hard can it be to serve a former president of the Republic of South Africa with a letter of demand? Almost impossible, as Derek Hanekom’s legal firm found when trying to serve Jacob Zuma with court papers.

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Derek Hanekom’s legal team is having trouble serving Jacob Zuma. I wouldn’t be surprised that Zuma is also evading the Zondo commission’s legal team. We are past the two weeks, and by now they have either come to an agreement or haven’t approached Zondo to remedy the time in which Zuma must provide statements. Zondo should have compelled Zuma the moment he triggered the exit strategy, and I have an idea that this special agreement remedied Zuma’s circumstances to be compelled.

Oh well, time will tell. Special treatment, nonetheless.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Oh noes...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...s-derek-hanekoms-lawyers-try-to-serve-notice/



Derek Hanekom’s legal team is having trouble serving Jacob Zuma. I wouldn’t be surprised that Zuma is also evading the Zondo commission’s legal team. We are past the two weeks, and by now they have either come to an agreement or haven’t approached Zondo to remedy the time in which Zuma must provide statements. Zondo should have compelled Zuma the moment he triggered the exit strategy, and I have an idea that this special agreement remedied Zuma’s circumstances to be compelled.

Oh well, time will tell. Special treatment, nonetheless.
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strange, the mia article doesnt open for me from any outside link, but if i navigate to it through their site it opens.
 
How many are in jail?

Zondo commission a year later, Guptas still yet to testify

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo kicked off proceedings at the state capture commission of inquiry in Parktown on this day last year.


A year into the establishment of the state capture commission, concerns are being raised about the effectiveness of the inquiry.


The Zondo Commission of Inquiry was set up by former President Jacob Zuma after a directive from the High Court to probe allegations of fraud and corruption in the public service following claims of the Gupta family’s undue influence on the state.

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo kicked off proceedings at the state capture commission of inquiry in Parktown on this day last year.


Some are now facing corruption charges, others have lost their jobs, some companies have been brought to their knees and the African National Congress has been left deeply divided.

The first witness at the commission was Treasury’s acting chief procurement officer Willie Mathebula, who detailed weaknesses in the procurement system leading to corruption in the issuing of tenders.

Key witnesses that followed included Nhlanhla Nene, Mcebisi Jonas, Pravin Gordhan, and Vytjie Mentor.

But more shocking was the testimony of former Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi who exposed corruption between the company and government employees.
 
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