Bosasa paid over R70-million in “gratuities” to retain its state contracts, the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Thursday.
, provided by the treasury from its database, the sum of government contracts invoiced by Bosasa and its entities between mid-2003 and the beginning of this year amounted to R12 282 374 003.report, there may be dozens of other invoices that have not been reflected in treasury’s database and are still to come to light.
In 2007, the Special Investigating Unit began investigating Bosasa after a series of lucrative tenders were awarded to the company by the department. The SIU investigation uncovered “an improper and corrupt relationship” between the company and civil servants, which included more than R2-million in cash bribes, several cars, holidays and air tickets.
The SIU also recommended that the National Prosecuting Authority consider prosecuting the pair for their part in four tenders awarded to Bosasa. In February this year Agrizzi, Gillingham, Mti, former Bosasa chief financial officer Andries van Tonder, former Bosasa senior manager Frans Vorster and Bosasa chief accountant Carlos Bonifacio were arrested by the Hawks on charges relating to the SIU report.
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