THE State capture inquiry has recommended that police further investigate former Transnet executives Brian Molefe, Siyabonga Gama and Anoj Singh with a view to prosecuting them for offences that include graft and fraud.
The inquiry chaired by senior judge Raymond Zondo was established in 2018 to examine allegations of high-level graft during former President Jacob Zuma‘s nine years in power from 2009, after scandals and sleaze had overshadowed South Africa’s politics for years.
The allegations levelled against Zuma include that he allowed businessmen close to him – brothers Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta – to plunder state resources and influence policy, in what is referred to in South Africa as “state capture”.
The Guptas and Zuma have denied wrongdoing.
Molefe, Singh and Gama also all denied wrongdoing when they testified before the commission.
The second instalment of the Zondo commission’s report, seen by Reuters, focused on alleged corruption at state-owned freight logistics firm
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