The commission has adjourned for the day.
26 January 17:24
Jafta says SSA has “very strong circumstantial evidence” that agency cash ended up in the hands of a judges – as part of “Operation Justice”.
“What I do not have, sitting here right now, is absolute concrete evidence of that”.
Jafta says investigations into the implicated judge are ongoing.
- Karyn Maughan
26 January 17:19
Jafta reveals that SSA investigations into unlawful “special operations” – including alleged efforts to bribe judges – had been compromised by an investigator leaking information to those implicated in wrongdoing.
In response to questions from evidence leader Paul Pretorius about why these investigations have seemingly not gone anywhere, Jafta says it is “too onerous” for someone under whose watch R200 million of SSA cash was spent to explain what had happened. There has been “pushback” he says – including threats and intimidation being directed against him.