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Magadzi tells Zondo Inquiry how committee wanted Prasa corruption investigated

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The former chairperson of Parliament’s Transport Committee Dikeledi Magadzi has told the State Capture Commission that they wanted state institutions such as the Auditor General, National Treasury, Hawks and the police to investigate corruption and the irregular procurement of trains at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa).

She testified that her committee made recommendations for these issues to be investigated and the arrest of those who were responsible.

Earlier, she conceded that they did nothing as a committee to investigate and probe the alleged influence of the Gupta brothers on the state-owned passenger rail company.

“The recommendations that we made [was] to say we believe the state apparatus should be able to make investigations which the chairperson of the board at Prasa took up and subsequently was not happy about how issues were unfolding,” explains Magadzi.

The Commission hears Parliamentary Oversight-related evidence: 

Former Scopa chairperson testified

Last week, former chairperson of Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), Themba Godi also testified, telling the Commission that the problem of non-implementation by the Executive of remedial measures required by Scopa reports remained a significant problem right up to the end of his tenure.

In the video  below, former Scopa chairperson Themba Godi testifies:

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