Security around former Bosasa chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi has been bolstered following a series of threats the state capture whistleblower received.
Agrizzi was back to testify further about the alleged fraud and corruption at the company and how its executives used its influence over politicians and government officials to fleece the State.
Advocate Paul Pretorius, a member of the commission's legal team, told the inquiry: "Last night [Wednesday] the investigators received a message from a very senior police officer saying that your life is under threat and this was on reliable information."
Agrizzi confirmed this and that he had been constantly receiving threats, including a note, written in Zulu, that was left on the windshield of his car. Loosely translated the note made reference to his mother and the fact that whoever wrote it knew which car he drove.
He told the commission that the threats would not stop him from lifting the lid on alleged wrongdoing by Bosasa.
Commission chairman, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, said he hoped people would stop discouraging witnesses.
"There can be no doubt that there are many people throughout the country who would not like this commission to succeed, but there are many people in the country who support the commission and I believe that those who support the commission will prevail and that all of us must remain undeterred in doing the right thing,"he said
- African News Agency (ANA)
