News24 Wire Bongani Bongo. Picture: Screenshot.
On Friday, acting parliamentary secretary Baby Tyawa and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) secretary Modhibedi Phindela took to the witness stand after missing their initial deadline to appear in court.
Bongo, a former State Security Minister, has pleaded not guilty to a corruption charge emanating from an accusation that he tried to disrupt a parliamentary inquiry into state capture at Eskom on 10 October 2017.
Proceedings started with Phindela testifying that Ntuthuzela Vanara, the evidence leader at the inquiry, told him Bongo offered him a bribe.
Tyawa told the court that Vanara told her directly in the presence of secretary to National Assembly Masibulele Xaso and Phindela about Bongo’s alleged attempt to collapse the Eskom inquiry.