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Bowmans director Christopher Todd told the commission that Transnet’s legal advisers said Mafika Mkhwanazi halted actions to recover legal costs from former CEO Siyabonga Gama, even though the High Court had ordered Gama to pay. to Transnet.
A screenshot of former Transnet board chair Mafika Mkwanazi at the state capture commission on Friday, October 16, 2020. Image: SABC Digital News / Youtube
JOHANNESBURG – Former Transnet chairman Mafika Mkhwanazi is struggling to explain why he decided to sideline Bowmans, the law firm that won a lawsuit against former CEO Siyabonga Gama.
Mkhwanazi testifying at the state capture commission on Friday.
Bowmans director Christopher Todd told the commission that Transnet’s legal advisers said Mkhwanazi stopped actions to recover legal costs from former CEO Siyabonga Gama, even though the High Court had ordered Gama to pay Transnet.
So the commission asked Mkhwanazi why he didn’t ask the attorneys who had won the litigation for Transnet to act.
Mkhwanazi replied, “In my performance, we almost needed a different pair of eyes.”
Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo asked, “Why are you changing a winning team?”
Mkhwanazi replied, “I keep saying that we needed a different set of eyes on this matter.”
Mkhwanazi previously admitted that former minister Malusi Gigaba told him to review Gama’s dismissal.
READ: Former Transnet Chairman Mkhwanazi backs down on Gigaba’s testimony in the Zondo investigation
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