Myeni: My silence isn’t an admission of guilt
Former South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni says her refusal to answer questions at the commission of inquiry into state capture is not an admission of guilt.
Myeni appeared before the commission for the third day on Friday.
She refused to answer to several allegations, including an allegation by former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi that she met him at the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria, where she gave him confidential documents from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) that contained details of an investigation into the facilities management company.
The commission also indicated to her that it has evidence of her depositing large sums of money into the bank account of former President Jacob Zuma's foundation. This may give credibility to Agrizzi's evidence that she was bribed.
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According to the evidence, Bosasa spent at least R500 000 on Myeni.
"It would make someone ask why a company would spend so much money on someone who doesn't work for it and who doesn't seem to have been conducting any business with it and so on. When I evaluate the evidence before me to establish what happened, I will have evidence of these payments without denial or explanation from you," said the commission’s chair, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
But Myeni remained defiant.
"When I say I would not like to comment or respond, it does not mean an admission of guilt or wrongdoing. When I say I don't want to comment or respond, I am and I have responded, for instance, there is an affidavit I submitted to the commission. But chairperson at the right forum, if I am charged, I will be able to have proper responses that are not muddled by other narratives," she said.
