State capture inquiry begins

[The_Librarian]

While we're all appeased by the Zondo Commission, the theft and ineptitude continues.

14 SOEs rack up billions in irregular expenditure - Makwetu

Kimi Makwetu said the 14 SOEs notched up R1.4 billion in irregular expenditure but warned this figure could rise as four of them could not make full disclosure on this.

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Auditor General (AG) Kimi Makwetu said not one of the 14 big state-owned entities (SOEs) audited by his office received a clean audit, a poorer outcome than last year.

And the people responsible for that have nothing to fear, because there will not be any consequences. So, why worry? Waste money and go on as before, nothing will happen.

 

[TysonRoux]

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Now this seems a reasonable estimate compared to paltry 2.6 Mil for saxonwold - I still think there was some extreme dodgy deal in that auction.

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[walterl]

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane fumbles explanation of how Waterkloof fall-guy landed top job

It was one of the most suspicious features of the Gupta Waterkloof saga: the man who admitted responsibility for allowing the Guptas to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base was shortly thereafter given t…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

>>After all, she said, if all South African civil servants would be banned from continuing work after disciplinary proceedings, “we would have nobody working”.

Very true

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane fumbles explanation of how Waterkloof fall-guy landed top job

It was one of the most suspicious features of the Gupta Waterkloof saga: the man who admitted responsibility for allowing the Guptas to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base was shortly thereafter given t…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

What is this leading the witness thing? Did J expect hole-in-the-head to respond 'No Justice, zuma was very calm as he had taken his shower few minutes ago' ?

Given all this, Judge Raymond Zondo suggested to Nkoana-Mashabane, Zuma must have been furious.

“The first time I had a conversation with him [about Waterkloof] he looked very, very angry,” Nkoana-Mashabane confirmed.

 

[Ponderer]

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane fumbles explanation of how Waterkloof fall-guy landed top job

It was one of the most suspicious features of the Gupta Waterkloof saga: the man who admitted responsibility for allowing the Guptas to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base was shortly thereafter given t…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

>>After all, she said, if all South African civil servants would be banned from continuing work after disciplinary proceedings, “we would have nobody working”.

Very true

You would however cut down on (wholesale) theft.

 

[TysonRoux]

 

[Sideshow Bob]

To a layman like me, it certainly looks like Zondo is going to grant moyane's request to cross-examine gordhan. This is going to be interesting.

HA - called it.

Moyane vs Gordhan: Public enterprises minister welcomes chance to be cross-examined by ex-SARS boss

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has welcomed Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's decision to grant former SARS boss Tom Moyane's application to cross-examine him.

www.news24.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Spy vs Spy, the Guptas won:

Shaik: Ex-state security minister's bid to stop SSA probe of Guptas 'was illegal'

Former state security minister Siyabonga Cwele allegedly summoned senior intelligence bosses to a meeting after he learned that the controversial Gupta family was going to be investigated, the commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Monday.

www.news24.com

 

[TysonRoux]

Never heard of a chain saw.

 

[Gordon_R]

Sad to imagine that the Guptas could have been shut down in 2011, saving the country untold grief and billions:

How Zuma and state security minister Cwele shut down 2011 investigation into the Guptas

State Capture could have been nipped in the bud as early as 2011. That was the testimony heard by the Zondo commission on Monday, when former spy boss Mo Shaik told the inquiry that a proposed intelli…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Sad to imagine that the Guptas could have been shut down in 2011, saving the country untold grief and billions:

Wasn't Mo one of Zuma's buddies? I am not sure if I should believe him. It seems that some people are singing anti-zupta tune in an effort to garner public sympathy.

 

[R13...]

Wasn't Mo one of Zuma's buddies? I am not sure if I should believe him. It seems that some people are singing anti-zupta tune in an effort to garner public sympathy.

It appears they fell out. Him and his brothers were in the Zuma inner circle at some point which is why Zuma appointment him to SSA.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Sad to imagine that the Guptas could have been shut down in 2011, saving the country untold grief and billions:

How Zuma and state security minister Cwele shut down 2011 investigation into the Guptas

State Capture could have been nipped in the bud as early as 2011. That was the testimony heard by the Zondo commission on Monday, when former spy boss Mo Shaik told the inquiry that a proposed intelli…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

There were many opportunities around that time to shut the whole thing down, but they never saw the light of day.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

It appears they fell out. Him and his brothers were in the Zuma inner circle at some point which is why Zuma appointment him to SSA.

ah ok. Well, if Mo has evidence to back it up, then all good. Any dirt on zuptas is welcome. I really thought Mo ran away to australia but maybe it was chippy.

 

[TheChamp]

ah ok. Well, if Mo has evidence to back it up, then all good. Any dirt on zuptas is welcome. I really thought Mo ran away to australia but maybe it was chippy.

Was it the one with dodgy Doctorate? If it is then it's Chippy, know your Shaiks.

 

[Ponderer]

Was it the one with dodgy Doctorate? If it is then it's Chippy, know your Shaiks.

I know my Shaiks and Chippy's - I like Salt and Vinegar Chippy's and Vanilla Shaiks.

 

[The_Librarian]

Yum, fish 'n chips...

 

[Ponderer]

Yum, fish 'n chips...

Chippy is fishy?

 

[Alan]

Wasn't Mo one of Zuma's buddies? I am not sure if I should believe him. It seems that some people are singing anti-zupta tune in an effort to garner public sympathy.

This "inquiry " is mostly just a charade. . They've even had arch globalist cretin Peter Hain testifying. This is the guy who once claimed there was no corruption in the arms deal involving BAE.....

Then there's the small matter of him being cosy with the new Zimbabwean regime.

Peter Hain, a British peer, made headlines in South Africa when he campaigned against state capture. But Lord Hain does not appear to be applying the same high standards to his own commercial dealings in Zimbabwe, as an examination of his business partners reveals.

The peer himself admits that he is now working directly with senior officials “complicit” in former President Robert Mugabe’s dictatorial regime.

Hain did not respond to the specific questions posed to him by the M&G and amaBhungane, but said his new business partners have turned over a new leaf. “Some of those who were senior figures in Mugabe’s dictatorial regime, though clearly directly complicit, are part of the current transition and are promising a better economic and human rights future under better governance.”

Lord Hain’s Zimbabwe hypocrisy

The British peer and anti-corruption campaigner, who spoke out against state capture, is doing business with some controversial characters

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