Open Questions: Bosasa (African Global Operations)
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Prosecution status: Agrizzi, Linda Mti, Patrick Gillingham and Vincent Smith were indicted. What is the current status of their criminal trials? Have any been concluded?
Answered (2026-04-13): Agrizzi pleaded guilty November 2025 — 10 years fully suspended, must testify as State witness (Source: Daily Maverick 2025-11-06). Linda Mti, Patrick Gillingham, Vincent Smith: separate proceedings ongoing, no convictions as of April 2026. NPA justified Agrizzi deal on health grounds (medically fragile).
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Liquidation and asset recovery: Bosasa’s liquidators Cloete and Thomas Murray were killed in March 2023. Who killed them, and has anyone been prosecuted? How much of Bosasa’s estimated R2.37bn in unlawful gains has been recovered?
Answered (2026-04-13): Cloete Murray and son Thomas were shot on N1 Midrand 18–19 March 2023. No arrests or charges as of April 2026 (News24 “Murray Murders” investigation ongoing). DOJ officials suspended over Murray’s liquidator appointment were reinstated ~1 year later (August 2025). Asset recovery figures not publicly disclosed; liquidation continues under successor but severely disrupted.
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Ramaphosa campaign donation chain: The R500,000 Bosasa donation to Ramaphosa’s 2017 ANC presidential campaign — who specifically authorised it, who received it, and how was it routed? Has this been verified by a court or formal inquiry?
Answered (2026-04-13): Chain reconstructed from Agrizzi’s testimony and ConCourt proceedings: Gavin Watson instructed auditor Peet Venter to pay R3m from Watson’s personal bank account into a shell company — Miotto Trading and Advisory Services. R500,000 from Miotto was paid into an account named “EFG2” at ABSA bank, held by attorneys Edelstein Farber Grobler. This account received CR17 campaign donations. Watson authorised the payment. Ramaphosa’s son Andile initially handled the query in Parliament (November 2018) — Ramaphosa told Parliament only after his son disclosed the donation. Constitutional Court (2023) found that Ramaphosa neither wilfully nor knowingly misled Parliament about the donation — overturning the Public Protector’s finding. The routing via Miotto/EFG2 was confirmed by Agrizzi in Zondo Commission testimony and corroborated by Watson’s former accountant. (Sources: Daily Maverick, amaBhungane, ConCourt judgment 2023)