Zuma Linked To €1m Bribe Request Through Roy Moodley After Private Nkandla Sit-Down — New Docs

During a meeting that took place behind closed doors at the Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal, former President Jacob Zuma, through businessman Roy Moodley, allegedly requested a payment of one million euros, which is equivalent to approximately twenty million rand, from a European recycling consortium. These allegations are made in documents that have been confidentially submitted to the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Moodley allegedly acted as a go-between after the secret Nkandla meeting, telling the consortium that facilitating government tender approvals cost exactly one million euros immediately, wired to an offshore structure that was never described. The documents, which were submitted by lawyers representing three waste-management executives with ties to the Netherlands, allege that Moodley did this. However, investigators from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption chose not to comment on whether or not a formal investigation had begun, despite the fact that they did acknowledge receiving the filing.

“We are studying the submission and will communicate our position through lawful channels,” Sindisiwe Zulu, a spokesperson for the IDAC, said to reporters outside the Pietermaritzburg building on Wednesday afternoon. “We will communicate our position through lawful channels.” Advocate Mxolisi Dlamini, who represents Deputy President Jacob Zuma, responded to the allegations by stating that they were politically motivated and fabricated in a single line. A request for clarification was made to Moodley’s office twice, but neither of the calls was answered.

The trial of Zuma for corruption related to his arms deal is currently going through procedural hearings at the same venue in Pietermaritzburg at the same time that this news is starting to spread. Throughout the course of the past twenty years, the trial has been postponed on multiple occasions. According to the prosecution, South African President Jacob Zuma kept transactional ties with figures from the private sector throughout his presidency. According to State Advocate Billy Downer, this pattern was not isolated but rather systemic in nature. According to the defense attorney, there is no evidence that can be considered credible that links their client to any kind of financial misconduct.

Outside the building, onlookers witnessed a moving scene: a group of elderly women dressed in black ANC Women’s League doeks clutching printed photographs of Zuma, their eyes streaming with tears. The scene occurred as security personnel escorted legal teams past the building. One of the women pressed a placard written in isiZulu that contained seven words that roughly translated to “They will never break what God built” against the glass barrier.

Among the questions that have not been answered are whether or not the executives in charge of recycling will be required to testify under oath, and whether or not Moodley, who has deep political ties that extend across administrations, will be subjected to direct questioning by any official entity.

Not a single mention of the Nkandla meeting can be found in any of the following: parliamentary disclosure, a ministerial register, or an official diary entry. People showed up to it. A voice could be heard. Someone is said to have taken a number, according to the rumors. KwaZulu-Natal is currently struggling with the question of whether or not anyone will ever respond to the discussion that has been going on right now.

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