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https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/vincent-smith-assisted-former-bosasa-boss-son-to-get-anc-job-20180905 1/5 Related Links ANC MP Vincent Smith. (File, Misheck Makora, Daily Sun) Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories WATCH: Did Bosasa staff remove CCTV system from Vincent Smith's home? Fact-checked – Vincent Smith's statement on alleged Bosasa corruption NPA must explain why it failed to prosecute cases, including Bosasa - SIU Vincent Smith assisted former Bosasa boss’ son to get ANC job 2018-09-05 16:35 Kyle Cowan Top ANC MP Vincent Smith confirmed that he 'assisted' former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi's son to get a job at the ANC in Gauteng in 2015. During interviews with News24 over payments totalling R670 000 made to Smith in 2015 and 2016, Smith was asked to explain his relationship with Agrizzi. He denied knowledge that the funds came from Bosasa, saying he had asked Agrizzi for a personal loan to cover his daughter's tertiary education fees. Bosasa now trades as African Global Operations. Between 2009 and 2014, Smith was the chair of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services. He was a member of the committee when former SIU head, advocate Willie Hofmeyr, presented a report on Bosasa to it, which found the company had bribed prison officials to score tenders worth nearly R1.5bn. Smith argued that he had no influence over the committee at the time of the loans. Agrizzi denied any loan agreement, verbal or otherwise, and said Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson instructed him to make the payments. Watson and Bosasa have denied this. Agrizzi is now facing a charge of crimen injuria, opened by two of his former Bosasa colleagues, after he was recorded using the K-word to describe them during a rant at his home. A News24 report on Sunday detailed that in July 2015, Bosasa finance employee Jacques van Zyl deposited R276 000 into the FNB business account of Euro Blitz 48, a company of which Smith is the sole director. On August 5, 2016, Agrizzi instructed attorney Christo van Wyk via email to make a R395 000 payment to the same account from funds held in a trust account by Van Wyk for Bosasa. Agrizzi CCed Bosasa chief financial officer Andries van Tonder in his email to Van Wyk. Smith clarified on Wednesday that he had not asked anyone to hire Giancarlo Agrizzi, a political science PhD graduate, but had simply given advice on who he should send his CV to. Smith said he had recommended Giancarlo Agrizzi send his CV to "three or four people". Smith said Angelo Agrizzi had asked him to assist his son, which Agrizzi denied. MOST READ NEWS IN YOUR AREA TOP LIFESTYLE WATCH | 'You're stealing my phone' - scuffle with North West traffic cops caught on camera Eskom: SA on brink of load shedding AS IT HAPPENED | Gratuitous display of apartheid flag is hate speech, judge rules Malema now less popular than Zuma, Magashule at rock bottom - survey Man killed in lion attack at game reserve outside Pretoria More.. LAST UPDATED: 2019-08-22, 09:37 Dear ANC, you need to get it together South Africans might not be clear who in the ANC is winning the battle, but there is little doubt that it is the people of the country who are losing, writes Howard Feldman. Search News Voices Business Sport Lifestyle Video Focus Jobs Property City Press Partners Cape Town Thursday 11-20°C Sunny. Mild. Brought to you by: 3 DAY FORECAST X 58 minutes ago NEXT ON NEWS24 Bosasa-linked KwaZulu- Natal prisons head fired after lengthy suspension NEWS24 ARTICLE CONFIRMING SMITH ASSISTED AGRIZZI IN GETTING EMPLOYMENT FOR HIS SON IN MAY 2015 037
