President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate the 2011 reinstatement of former Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) CEO-turned-politician Siyabonga Gama as law enforcement turns up the heat on state capture cases.

Gama, who is an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party MP, was controversially reappointed as TFR CEO more than a decade ago after having been dismissed over serious allegations...

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