AN EXPLOSIVE affidavit that turned the state capture narrative on its head never made it to the final report of the State Capture Commission of Inquiry or was even considered by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
The damning contents may explain why Iqbal Sharma, widely regarded as a Gupta lieutenant, never appeared before the commission of inquiry. No findings were made against him either. The commission’s lead investigator had received the almost 1 000-page affidavit with concrete evidence attached. However, none of the Zondo commission reports covered the document.
The document implicates President Cyril Ramaphosa, Thuli Madonsela, Maria Ramos and Transnet board members from 2006/7, Trevor Manuel, Pravin Gordhan, Gill Marcus, Moira Moses, Mafika Mkhwanazi, the late Don Mkhwanazi and SA Shipyards, Doris Tshepe, Brian Joffe and the 2006/7 Bidvest board,…