Bongani Bongo, who was the minister of state security in the dying days of the Zuma administration, was charged with a series of contraventions of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act (PCCA), on the basis that he offered a gratification in the form of an offer or a suggestion to advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara, Senior Legal Adviser to Parliament, which offer was allegedly aimed to derail or interfere with a parliamentary inquiry into Eskom. Let us leave aside the controversy that continues to brew about the presiding judge, John Hlophe’s decision to hear the case, and undertake a detailed analysis of the judgment. It holds grave implications for the judiciary as well as the future of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the response of the law to the whole issue of State Capture.