The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has found that former minister Malusi Gigaba and ex-Transnet bosses including Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama told falsehoods, lacked credibility or lied.
The witness had also indicated that he and Gama counted the cash which amounted to around R1m from which Gama gave him R50 000 while they were in Bryanston at the home of Gama’s girlfriend.
The report also found that Gigaba had appointed a Gupta associate Iqbal Sharma to the Transnet board as the chair of the influential Acquisitions and Disposals Committee, where the report stated that he enjoyed “a free reign”. The trio involved in the procurement process that saw Transnet buy 100 locomotives at a price of R4.8bn an increase of R969m from the original price.
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