The late former Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson thought that with former president Jacob Zuma by his side, he was invincible.
This is according to the third volume of the Zondo commission report into state capture released on Tuesday.
The report has detailed how Zuma met Watson who died in a car crash in 2019, on several occasions to discuss shutting down the Hawks investigation into Bosasa.
According to the Bosasa whistle-blower Angelo Agrizzi, Watson met Zuma through Zukiswa Madonga, a woman who ran a lodge in East London and with whom he had a good relationship.
Madonga was introduced to Watson by one of the Bosasa directors, Thandi Makoko.
It was not long after the meetings that Agrizzi received an instruction to top-up the limit on Makoko’s credit card so that she could buy dresses for Madonga.
Subsequently, Watson met Zuma at his Forest Town home in Johannesburg in 2009. Though Agrizzi took Watson to Zuma’s house, he did not participate in the meeting.
The report says that meetings took place at the Bosasa office park in Krugersdorp where high-profile people were introduced to the directors. Guests were taken on a tour of the building in what Agrizzi called a 4.5-hour long smokes and mirrors exercise.
Source:
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2022-03-02-watson-believed-he-was-totally-bulletproof-with-zuma-on-his-side-zondo-report/
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