The first report of the Zondo Commission into State Capture has found that Transnet’s sponsorship of the SABC /New Age (TNA) Business Breakfasts for millions of rands between 2011 and 2017 was irregular.
Transnet’s Former Group Chief Executive Officer Brian Molefe and the parastatals then Group Manager for Corporate Affairs Mboniso Sigonyela have been fingered as the main role-players in the approval of the sponsorships.
Hosted by the Gupta Owned New Age Newspaper, the Breakfast featured government Ministers in the main and were sponsored by various parastatals including Eskom and Transnet. According to the report, Molefe played a significant role in facilitating TNA contracts at Transnet after he was appointed as the Group Chief Executive Officer in February 2011.
The request contained no detail about the value of the sponsorship for Transnet and there was no motivation provided for the price.Six months later, TNA sent another request for the sponsorship of the Breakfast.The report says, however this time around, a memorandum prepared by Sigonyela for approval by Molefe described the deal not as a sponsorship but as a partnership.
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