Celani Sikhakhane
The Jacob Zuma Foundation has lambasted the last instalment of the Zondo Commission Report, calling it a shame and a gossip tool used to bury the Phala Phala Farmgate scandal.
In an interview with Scrolla.Africa, the JG Zuma Foundation spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi said that the report seems to have a clear mandate of targeting former intelligence boss Arthur Fraser for exposing the Phala Phala farm R60 million ($4 million) heist cover up.
“The report is one-sided and seems to be biased towards a certain faction.
“That is why we believe that the report is a shame and full of gossip that seeks to discredit certain people and bury the Phala Phala scandal,” said Manyi.
He told Scrolla.Africa that the foundation’s legal team was busy studying the report so that they could publish a comprehensive response.
But he said it is worrying that Fraser was not given a chance to respond during the sitting of the commission, despite trying for four days to request even the declassification of information so that he could be able to tell his side of the story over the State Security Agency Funds.
The report has also angered the KZN ANC secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli who described Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as unruly.
“He has this particular way of behaving truly. He also made a huge contribution to the crisis which resulted in the loss of lives in July,” said Ntuli.
In his report Zondo recommended that the Hawks should reopen their investigation into Fraser for running an off-the-books intelligence operation called the Principal Agents Network (PAN).
R125 million is still unaccounted for and Fraser should be criminally charged if enough evidence is gathered, Zondo recommends.
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