Former deputy minister of finance Mcebisi Jonas ahead of the start of the day’s proceedings at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture held in Johannesburg, 24 August 2018.
Picture: Refilwe Modise
Former deputy finance minister Jonas was back on the stand to complete his testimony – first delivered before Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo last year – and to be cross-examined by Duduzane Zuma’s advocate, Piet Louw, and the commission’s senior counsel, Philip Mokoena, on aspects of his earlier evidence.
To avert state capture, he said it was important for public institutions to be built in a way that bolstered the wall between the political party and government. Contradicting Duduzane’s affidavit that none of the Gupta brothers were present at the meeting, Jonas said – despite assuming that the Gupta he saw was Ajay – it was a Gupta brother. He said he couldn’t tell the difference between Ajay or Atul.On his distrust for law enforcement agencies, police and Zuma, Jonas said this stemmed from Hawks Major-General Zinhle Mnonopi having told him over the phone that she wanted to close the case over the Gupta Saxonwold bribery.
“Mr Mabaso conveyed the message from minister Zwane that I had to resign,” he said. “Strangely, the minister was in his office at the time …
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