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Judge Raymond Zondo, in Part Two of the commission’s report into State Capture, has recommended scores of corruption and racketeering investigations

State capture commission adjourns early over Anoj Singh’s health concerns By Kailene Pillay Share Proceedings at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture had to be adjourned early yesterday as the legal team representing former Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh were concerned about his health. Singh, who has been testifying since Thursday about his movements during his tenure at Transnet, is no stranger to the commission. At about 3.30pm, Singh's lawyer, advocate Anneline van den Heever, asked the commission for a short adjournment, raising Singh's h...

Zondo commission undeterred by burglary; when state capture became ’more real’ for Parliament speaker By Kailene Pillay Share The week started with news of a break-in at the Zondo commission offices and Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo warning that they would not be deterred or intimidated. National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise was the first to give evidence. Modise apologised to South Africans after admitting that Parliament only “woke up when things were really bad”. She said it was the Constitutional Court’s ruling on upgrades at former President Jacob Zumaâ...

Gama implicated me to avoid accountability, Singh tells Zondo commission Updated Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile Share this: Former Transnet and Eskom CFO Anoj Singh has told the commission of inquiry into state capture that his former colleague Siyabonga Gamaimplicated him to save his own skin.  Youtube     He told the commission he once found Essa in a meeting with Singh at his Transnet office when he was still CFO. Gama said Essa indicated he would like to have a meeting with him and would get his contact from Singh. But Singh maintained that he only met Essa twice when he was working for T...

For three years, former Transnet chief financial officer (CFO) Anoj Singh had no need for his Transnet salary to pay living expenses, the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture heard on Friday, 23 April 2021. He claimed that he used savings accrued in other bank accounts. Singh also told commission chair Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that he never called the Guptas’ close associate Salim Essa, or received calls from him, and denied testimony before the commission that he had attended meetings with Essa. In a day of hearings which started an hour late and were cut short at about 3.30p...