After numerous technical glitches during an initial virtual hearing, Mahlobo was finally personally chauffeured by the commission to the venue, where he continued to obfuscate, argue, evade questions and paint the broadest of strokes.
As the former minister of state security in the Zuma administration and as a key Cabinet member implicated by several witnesses as a strategic enabler of State Capture, Mahlobo brought with him to proceedings the requisite air of paranoia and moments of a mental knit one, slip one.
At various junctures, Mahlobo seemed at pains to ram home that the “eyes of the world” were watching the commission.
They’re all lying about me, David Mahlobo tells state capture inquiry 09 April 2021 - 17:30 Former minister of state security David Mahlobo told the state capture inquiry he was never involved in operational matters during his time as minister. Image: Supplied
Former state security minister David Mahlobo on Tuesday told the state capture inquiry that everyone who has implicated him in testimony was lying.
According to Mahlobo, all those who claim he was involved in operational matters and politicisation of the State Security Agency (SSA) were playing politics.
Mahlobo took particular exception to one agent, known as “Steven”. The former minister described the agent, who alleged that Mahlobo handled some judges, as a serial information peddler who thrived on spreading false information.
Zondo postpones Gigaba & estranged wife s face-off to Tuesday Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Friday said former State Security Minister David Mahlobo’s testimony had taken longer than anticipated. FILE: Former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and wife Norma arrive at the State of the Nation Address 2018 in Parliament, Cape Town. Picture: GCIS.
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JOHANNESBURG - The state capture commission has postponed former Minister Malusi Gigaba’s application to cross-examine his estranged wife Norma Mngoma to Tuesday as well as her hearing.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Friday said former State Security Minister David Mahlobo’s testimony had taken longer than anticipated and Gigaba’s legal team was unable to make representations on Friday evening.
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