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Making headlines: ANC accepted Bosasa millions for years, Lungisa Fuzile says changes in ministers were meant to weaken Treasury And, Hawks decline to act on suspect payment to ANC Youth League Leader 

 

ANC accepted Bosasa millions for years

Former ANC treasurer general Dr Zweli Mkhize has admitted that the party accepted donations from Bosasa despite public allegations of corruption  shrouding the Krugersdorp-based firm.

Mkhize made the admission after being questioned about a 2014 photograph snapped at ANC headquarters, Luthuli House, that shows a Bosasa delegation including Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson and chairperson Joe Gumede with Mkhize.

Bosasa also sponsored two lavish birthday parties for Zuma, at an estimated cost of R3-million.

Meanwhile, South African banks First National Bank and Absa announced that it was going to close Bosasa’s banking facilities following former Bosasa CEO Angelo Agrizzi’s testimony at the State capture commission.

 

Lungisa Fuzile says changes in ministers were meant to weaken Treasury

Former treasury director general Lungisa Fuzile has told the commission of inquiry into State capture that changes in finance ministers in recent years were not meant to strengthen the National Treasury but to weaken it.

Fuzile told inquiry chair Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo during his testimony on Monday that when ministers change frequently it is very hard to keep focus on the work.

He explained to the commission that he knew it was time to tender his resignation when a delegation he was part of was instructed to return from an investor roadshow in the UK.

 

Hawks decline to act on suspect payment to ANC Youth League  

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation have confirmed in a letter that they have declined to prosecute former ANC Youth League president Collen Maine on corruption charges related to an Eskom contract.

Democratic Alliance spokesperson on public enterprises Natasha Mazzone said she had laid charges in September 2017 against Maine and Joe Singh from Just Coal after the latter confirmed that R500 000 was paid to the ANCYL in anticipation of an extension to a coal contract with Eskom.

The Hawks stated that there was 'no reasonable prospect of successful prosecution' because there was no corroborating evidence to support the allegations that the R500 000 was paid to Maine.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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