Former Bosasa chief operations officer-cum-whistleblower, Angelo Agrizzi, on Tuesday, implicated former national commissioner of correctional services, Linda Mti, as a recipient of a R65,000 monthly payment, among other bribes, in order to facilitate tenders for Bosasa in the South African prison system.
Mti, who resigned in November 2006, had an investment company registered for him; an R18 million Savannah Hills house bankrolled for him; vehicle services; holidays and travels arranged; and security hired for him by Bosasa in a bid to influence him to extend the company's catering contract that was expiring, Agrizzi said.
In a complex system worked out by Bosasa, Agrizzi said that Mti's Savannah Hills home was built by businessman Riaan Hoeksma's Riekele Construction and that Bosasa made the payments for the construction.
Agrizzi said the house was then rented to the correctional services department for Mti's occupation while the department paid rent to Autumn Storm Investments 119 who would then give the money back to Mti.
Agrizzi also reiterated that former correctional services chief financial officer, Patrick Gillingham, was also on a Bosasa retainer of R100,000 a month and that a Mercedes Benz E Class was and a VW Polo were purchased for him and his daughter around 2006 or 2007, respectively.
- African News Agency (ANA)
