Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo believes the ANC is abusing its control of the state to unfairly benefit the party financially.
Zondo made the observation on Tuesday at the state capture inquiry during the evidence of former Eskom board chair Zola Tsotsi.
The gala dinner takes place on the eve of the annual ANC anniversary celebrations and is used as a fundraising platform to contribute to the party coffers. Tsotsi told the commission that he sat at the main table where the ANC top six leaders — Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa, Baleka Mbete, Gwede Mantashe, Jessie Duarte and Zweli Mkhize — were seated.
This because Zondo doubted much that board members of state-owned entities ever bought tables at gala dinners of other political parties that are not in government.
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