They charged me to prevent me from Transnet executive position â Siyabonga Gama
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Johannesburg - Former Transnet chief executive officer Siyabonga Gama has told the Commission of Inquiry into state capture that his disciplinary charges in 2009 at the freight rail agency were a ploy to prevent him from succeeding Maria Ramos as the GCEO.
Gama was reacting to questions posed by the evidence leader advocate Anton Myburgh that his reinstatement to the post as CEO in April 2011 had been politically motivated and former president Jacob Zuma was behind it.
Advocate Myburgh based his questions on the testimony of former Public Enterprise Minister Barbara Hogan who testified about her short spell as minister in May 2009.
Brian Sokutu I have been a case study in this commission where people have made inferences - where my name was brought in but nothing to do with what I did. Former Transnet group CEO Siyabonga Gama. Picture: Flickr / Transnet Freight Rail
Testifying before Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on whether there was any political pressure for him to be reinstated as TFR CEO after his suspension, Gama said: “I have been a case study in this commission where people have made inferences – where my name was brought in but nothing to do with what I did. How does that bring a situation of state capture due to political support?”
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Gama didn t know he had Zuma s support for Transnet top job, Zondo Inquiry hears Siyabonga Gama said he didn’t know that former Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan had fallen out of favour with former President Jacob Zuma because she had told him that Gama couldn’t be appointed while he was facing disciplinary action. A screengrab of former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama giving evidence at the state capture inquiry on 11 March 2021. Picture: SABC/YouTube
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JOHANNESBURG - Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama said that his misconduct charges came because he had applied for that job.
Gama has told the state capture commission that he wanted to take a package and leave the freight rail agency to what he called “its shenanigans”.
Gama says he didn t know Gigaba was involved with his reinstatement Advocate Anton Myburgh asked former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama if he knew that he was negotiating his settlement with people who were told by incoming Minister Malusi Gigaba to give him what he wanted. FILE: A screengrab of former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama giving evidence at the state capture inquiry on 11 March 2021. Picture: SABC/YouTube
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JOHANNESBURG - Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama said that he was not aware that board chair Mafika Mkhwnazi and head of legal, Siyabulela Mapoma, were under pressure from Malusi Gigaba to pay him R17 million in legal costs and reinstate him.