Mcebisi Jonas to testify at the state capture inquiry today

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Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics

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The Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture is set to reconvene this morning in Parktown, Johannesburg.
Former Deputy Finance Minister, Mcebisi Jonas is expected to take the stand. 
Jonas alleged that in 2015, that the Gupta family offered him an initial R600 000 cash, and then R600m to be given later, if he accepted the job of finance minister. 
He claimed that he was expected to replace Nhlanhla Nene who was fired in December 2015 by former President Jacob Zuma. 
To talk more about what we could expect from the evidence that will be presented by Mcebisi Jonas, we are joined  - via Skype - by Sam Sole, Managing partner at the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism. 

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