Former Chief of State Protocol, Bruce Koloane is testifying at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.has admitted that he unduly used former President Jacob Zuma’s name to put pressure on officials to clear the landing of the Gupta plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in 2013.Testifying at the State Capture Commission, Koloane also conceded he may have lied on Monday, when he denied using the names of the President and Minister of Defence to facilitate the landing.
The former State Protocol Chief has been implicated by several witnesses as the key figure behind the landing.On Monday he denied having name-dropped. In an about-turn, Koloane, on Tuesday, admitted that he did use the names of the former President and other ministers to exert pressure on officials.
“There was nothing in it for me at all. I indicated when I started my testimony that one of my core responsibilities was serving strategic bilateral relationships with all the diplomatic missions in South Africa and India being one of these strategic countries in that we are part of IBSA together, part of BRICS together as well . I think I had an interest to appease him and besides, also to build a personal relationship over time.
Koloane says he is considering writing a letter to former President Jacob Zuma to apologise for allowing the public perception that Zuma was behind the Waterkloof Gupta plane landing.Besides the former President, Koloane also used the names of Transport and Defence Ministers Ben Martins and Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to influence the officials to approve the landing.
BUT WERE THE MUCH CELEBRATED GUPTAS NOT BEE GURUS HERE 2 UPLIFT THE MZANSI FRM THE RUINS OF THE LIBERATION WAR LIKE IN IRAQ SYRIA YEMEN LIBYA .. SO THE GUPTA BEE AA TRANSFORMATION INVASION LANDED AT RIGHT PLACE ..LIKE THE CLINTON UN ENVOY 2 PROUD HAITI … WHERE AID MONEY STOLEN..
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