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BusinessDay reports that former Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Minister Malusi Gigaba has been formally charged with corruption linked to controversial multi-billion-rand Transnet tenders for locomotives.
Gigaba appeared before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday (18 November) along with his co-accused — former Transnet CFO Anoj Singh, former Transnet group CEO turned MK Party MP Brian Molefe, former Transnet chief procurement officer Thamsanqa Jiyane and Siyabonga Gama. “The state alleges that, during the period that Dr Gigaba was the minister of DPE, he on various occasions allegedly accepted and received undisclosed amounts of cash from members of the Gupta family which are corrupt in nature, and which he was not entitled to,” Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) spokesperson Henry Mamothame indicated.
Some of the companies that won the tenders allegedly scored the big contracts after paying kickbacks to companies linked to the Guptas. In its move to charge him, Idac linked the allegations to his tenure as the minister overseeing state entities at the time. During the state capture commission led by former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, Gigaba was painted as one of the “Gupta” ministers. He has for years rejected the accusations.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sinesipho Schrieber at BusinessDay (subscriber access only)
- Read too, Malusi Gigaba faces corruption charges alongside former Transnet executives, at Cape Times
- En ook, Gigaba in hof oor Transnet-bedrog, by Maroela Media
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