27 January 2019 - 07:35 GRAEME HOSKEN and BONGANI FUZILE
Angelo Agrizzi, former COO of BOSASA, testifies at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on January 21, 2019 in Johannesburg. Picture: WIKUS DE WET/AFP
The Watson family was prepared to do anything to keep whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi quiet — including offering him an R80m hush fund.
An e-mail to Agrizzi from Bosasa lawyer Brian Biebuyck last September — which the Sunday Times has seen — contained a proposed agreement revealing an elaborate web to make the payments appear legitimate.
In the proposal, Bosasa boss Gavin Watson would pay Agrizzi a monthly consultancy fee of R250,000.
Agrizzi would also set up a new company, Newco, to which Watson would pay up to R10m a year, for six years.
Watson also included a R5m “good faith” payment.
Agrizzi's fee would be for advising Watson “personally in relation to his business dealings”.
