Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi sentence to 10 years in jail and suspended 5 years because of I’ll health photo by facebook
By Henry Mamothame
Investigating Director Against Corruption (IDAC) Spokesperson
The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has today, 06 November 2025, at the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria, entered into a plea and sentence agreement in terms of Section 105A of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 with the legal representative of Angelo Agrizzi, the former Chief Operations Officer (COO) in BOSASA, who was charged with Corruption involving Linda Morris Mti (former Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services), Patrick O’Connell Gillingham (former Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services) and Vincent George Smith, a former member of the National Assembly who chaired the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services.
In terms of this agreement, the accused pleaded guilty to three (3) counts of corruption two of those counts of Corruption allege his contravention of section 4(1)(b) of Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities (PRECCA) and the third count of Corruption alleges his contravention of section 7(1)(b) of PRECCA.
He also pleaded guilty to one count of Money Laundering in contravention of section 4 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA).
The accused is sentenced to 10 years direct imprisonment on each one of the 4 counts (total of 40 years direct imprisonment) which is wholly suspended for 5 years on various conditions, including that the accused co-operates with the IDAC and provides the Investigators attached to the IDAC and the SAPS officials assigned to the investigation of this matter with affidavits, detailing the full extent of his knowledge of all matters investigated by the IDAC regarding the corruption by both public and/or private officials at BOSASA.
The IDAC affirms that while the crimes committed were severe—representing a critical component of state capture—the agreement secures a definitive conviction and mandates Agrizzi’s continued and truthful cooperation.
This cooperation, which includes providing affidavits in terms of Section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Act and testifying in all proceedings, is indispensable to the NPA’s ongoing investigations and future prosecutions against other high-level individuals implicated in the BOSASA corruption network.
This outcome ensures that the pursuit of broader accountability is prioritised.
Furthermore, the NPA’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) will proceed with an opposed confiscation inquiry, in terms of POCA, to recover the proceeds of these criminal activities.
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