IDAC HOLDS POLITE CONVERSATION WITH GIGABA INSTEAD OF CHARGING HIM

Dr Malusi Gigaba photo supplied

Instead of charging former Minister of multiple government departments Malusi Gigaba for State Capture-related crimes, the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has decided to hold an apparently polite conversation with him this past Friday 7 November 2025 in Pretoria.

Gigaba himself reported on social media that he was willing to subject himself to the country’s judicial processes and that he has been warned to appear in a court of law regarding shenanigans that took place at state entity Transnet, between 2010 and 2014, when he was Minister of Public Enterprises.

The aforesaid shenanigans, as widely reported in the media, involve the alleged corrupt purchasing of 1 064 locomotives for Transnet valued at R54 billion.

It was reported back then in the media that Gigaba allegedly approved the said purchase while relying on incomplete documentation and without formal approval from the board of Transnet.

Another issue which ensnares Gigaba in wrong-doing is the report by the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, which found that Gigaba is a key figure who enabled a “systematic scheme” of state capture at Transnet which involved the infamous Gupta family and entities like Trillian Capital and Regiments Capital.

“Members of the media, kindly note that Mr Malusi Gigaba has not been placed under arrest because he is engaging the IDAC and there will be no court appearance today,” read a statement released by IDAC Spokesperson Henry Mamothame this past Friday.

Mamothame’s statement concluded as follows:

“IDAC will not be commenting any further on the Gigaba matter.”

Now this apparent draconian and arbitrary announcement that the IDAC will no longer be commenting any further on the Gigaba issue sparked curiosity as far as Tshwane Talks is concerned.

So to quell our curiosity and suspicions that something was being hidden regarding the Gigaba matter, Tshwane Talks made it clear to IDAC Spokesperson Mamothame that the Gigaba matter is in the public interest and that he therefore doesn’t have the right to say he will not comment any further on the matter.

These are the questions sent to Mamothame:

1.Was the meeting between IDAC and Gigaba a private conversation to which the public must not be privy?

2. Why do you hold a conversation with a criminal suspect instead of taking him to jail?

3.Does that mean Gigaba won’t be facing any charges going forward?

4.Did he make “presentations” to the IDAC which convinced IDAC that he (Gigaba) is innocent after all?

5. What is it that actually transpired at the meeting between State Capture villain Gigaba and IDAC?

6. Why has Gigaba not been charged as per ruling by Justice Zondo in his Commission of Inquiry into State Capture?

Now instead of fully responding to the questions above, Mamothame resorted to semantics based on question 6 above, insisting that Zondo’s findings against Gigaba were not a ruling but a mere recommendation.