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Siyabonga Mahlangu has told the state capture commission that he was not involved in the decision to reinstate Siybonga Gama as Trasnet’s chief executive.
Screenshot of Siyabonga Mahlangu, former adviser to Cabinet Minister Malusi Gigaba, who appeared at the state capture investigation in Johannesburg on October 23, 2020. Image: SABC / YouTube
JOHANNESBURG – Former Cabinet Minister Malusi Gigaba’s advisor Siyabonga Mahlangu has denied using the name of former President Jacob Zuma to pressure former Transnet legal executive Siyabulela Mapoma to speed up the Siybonga Gama deal.
Mahlangu has told the state capture commission that he was not involved in the decision to reinstate Gama as CEO of Transet.
Mapoma told the commission that Mahlangu called him repeatedly regarding the issue.
But Mahlangu now says that this cannot be because Mapoma’s role was two levels lower than his, as an adviser to the minister, which meant that they would not have crossed paths.
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