Bosasa gave Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi bribes for NPA detail, Agrizzi says
Angelo Agrizzi told the Zondo inquiry that Jiba received R20,000 and Mrwebi R10,000 a month to disclose the information
Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi claimed on Thursday that the facilities management company paid bribes to National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials, Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi for information. This was when the NPA was looking at prosecuting Bosasa following a Special Investigating Unit report into prison tenders. The allegations come as Jiba, the suspended deputy national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) and Mrwebi, the suspended special director of public prosecutions, are facing an inquiry into their fitness to hold office. The inquiry into the NPA officials has asked the state capture commission to furnish it with Agrizzi’s affidavit. Jiba is also waiting to hear whether she would be charged again for fraud and perjury relating to the processes she followed in charging former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss Johan Booysen with racketeering. Agrizzi testified on Thursday said that during 2009-2010, he and Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson had met former correctional services com...
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