PETER BRUCE: What’s sweeter than a Scorpion sting?
The NPA Act clearly makes it possible for Ramaphosa to enable Batohi to establish a special investigating unit inside the NPA
The days are dark. No South African could have spent more than five minutes watching former Bosasa COO (or bagman) Angelo Agrizzi testifying at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture and not figure out how much trouble we are in. The Bosasa evidence proves, if any more proof were needed, what a grotesque leader Jacob Zuma was. He was lazy and predatory in exile and he never changed and when it was his turn to eat, boy did he ever. It is going to be an absolute pleasure watching this guy go to jail. Of course, it may take a while. But he’s just 76 and there’s plenty of time for a fair trial. What Bosasa, or Agrizzi, does is to fill in the missing middle, between the Shaiks and Thales and the arms deal, and the Guptas. There was smart young Gavin Watson slipping the old man R300,000 a month to ensure he got his contracts at Correctional Services. Did the SA Revenue Service (Sars) know that, I wonder. A few years ago I got a call from a once very senior official at Sars say...
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