We’re now into the third day of Angelo Agrizzi’s engrossing testimony at the state capture inquiry and boy, has he had another field day on Friday. After officially implicating the ANC in a corruption scandal, it also turns out a certain Mr Hlaudi Motsoeneng curried their favour, too.

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The fact of the matter is, there’s so much going off here, it’s hard to know where to begin. As well as these two issues, the inquiry has also had to send its secretary Khotso de Wee on special leave, as he was implicated by the evidence supplied by Agrizzi.

The official has claimed that he has never received any money from Bosasa, contradicting claims made by the star witness. It’s alleged de Wee received a justice department tender via a corrupted process. The first three days of the state capture inquiry in 2019 have arguably been the most damning, but it’ll be their deal with Hlaudi turning the most heads.

What Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been accused of

Motsoeneng is the infamous former head of SABC. He ran the organisation as their COO, but implemented some bizarre policies – the 90% local rule included – which ended up driving the state-owned broadcaster into financial oblivion. It’s believed the executive-turned-president of the African Content Movement had secured at least R1.1 million in legal fees from Bosasa:

Hlaudi Motsoeneng's name comes up in Angelo Aggrizi testimony. #Bosasa paid more than R1m in legal fees on behalf of Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the organic intellectual running for a seat in parliament. The president of the African Content Movement. #StateCaptureInquiry — SikonathiMantshantsh (@SikonathiM) January 18, 2019

State capture inquiry resumes with fireworks

It’s a revelation that’s in keeping with the absolutely bonkers tone of the week. On Wednesday, we learned that the Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson “could make people disappear” after building an empire on bribes. On Thursday, we saw video footage of a bribe vault with obscene amounts of money stored away. And now, we’ve got names. Lots and lots of names.

Agrizzi’s testimony is due to finish at 16:00, but it’s likely he could be summoned back to the Zondo Commission next week. For those of you who enjoy your blockbuster entertainment, let’s hope he’s got more tea to spill on Monday.