Here you go:

Documents were also leaked along with the audio, with the former coming from Agrizzi’s computer following his dismissal and cool R40 million payout.

They include a media plan, which entails one story published each week for 14 weeks, ultimately leading to a review of the company’s contracts with the government, an inquiry by parliament’s watchdog public accounts committee and a criminal probe.

A senior source in Bosasa, who spoke on condition his name was not revealed, said Agrizzi felt aggrieved his plans had failed.

“Agrizzi is aggrieved because he was found to be stealing from the company. He was stealing millions of rands. He threatened Watson [below with Jacob Zuma] and a settlement of R40m was paid to him in cash,” said the source. “But he was not happy and said he’s going to expose Watson because he wanted shares.”

…Another source, who also asked not to be named, said the company would prepare a response, and would expose Agrizzi.

“How did he amass his wealth while working for this company? We are planning a fightback, it’s going to be a smart one.

“Agrizzi has been happy enjoying life in the past six months, exposing this company while he rightly knows that he’s not innocent, he’s not an angel. Gavin is the one who has helped many people in the country; he’s a person who is loved by people, a person who prays every day.”

In other words, get ready for the spin machine to put the foot flat on the accelerator.

Over the weekend, the fake news also began to kick into overdrive. A WhatsApp message began circulating, which then found its way onto Twitter, trying to discredit the Sunday Times story linking Bosasa to Jacob Zuma and other ANC members.

The paper was then forced to address the issue:

With the elections just around the corner, we are all going to have to be on high alert for political trickery. Remember Bell Pottinger? They may have been destroyed, but the methods remain the same.

If you’re forwarding these messages, and others, without doing the bare minimum fact-checking (use Google, check for the same information in a reputable news source, the simple stuff) then you’re part of the problem.

Back to how this is a very, very big week at the Zondo Commission – here’s News24:

Former president Jacob Zuma’s foundation was paid R300 000 a month by Bosasa for years, allegedly in exchange for his influence to ensure that political leaders would open doors to new government contracts.

As the relationship with Zuma grew, Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson turned to Zuma to kill an ongoing corruption probe by National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials and the Hawks.

News24 has reliably learned that former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi will reveal this and more during his hair-raising testimony before the Zondo Commission of inquiry into state capture this coming week.

Yeah – you might want to follow that one quite closely.

[sources:timeslive&news24]