Publication: Cape Times
Issued:
Date: 2006-08-24
Reporter: Sapa
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Top ANC Men to Join Yengeni in Today's Short Walk to Prison |
Senior
members of the ANC Western Cape region will accompany fraudster and politician
Tony Yengeni when he reports to Pollsmoor Prison today.
"The ANC
provincial leadership will accompany Yengeni. We will be showing our solidarity
with him," said Max Ozinsky, the ANC's deputy provincial secretary,
yesterday.
Ozinsky said officials expected outside the prison gates
include provincial chairman James Ngculu, Premier Ebrahim Rasool and other
provincial executive members.
It would certainly be a case of déjà vu for
Rasool if he attended, reminding him of walking side-by-side
with former ANC heavyweight Allan Boesak *1 when he began his fraud
conviction sentence in 2000 at the same prison. Ironically, Yengeni was also
present during Boesak's send-off.
Provincial secretary Mcebisi Skwatsha
was overseas and only expected back at lunch time, said Ozinsky. He said
"timing" was important and would determine who was available.
Ozinsky did
not know exactly what time Yengeni would report to prison.
With acknowledgements to Sapa and Cape Times.
*1 Allan Boesak took the
incarceration punch on behalf or other ANC heavyweights. That's why he spent a
very short time in prison and why he got a presidential pardon soon after
getting out of prison.
Tony Yengeni is effectively doing the same thing.
Asfter Chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Defence as well
as the ANC Chief Whip he would have inside knowledge of much of the
behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing involved in getting the individual DIP
and NIP deals. Plus he was only one of about20 individuals to whom Micky Woerfel
splodged out with good DACA deals.
SABC reported last night that Tony may
only spend 4 months in the slammer if he behaves himself and because his crime
involved no violence.
4 months out of 48 months : that's 5% - it's just
shows that crime can pay.
Tony's convicted crime was to get a discount of
about R150 000 on a R350 000 and then not to report this parliament, lie and try
to cover his tracks.
His real crime, in a great conspiracy with many
other among us, was to collude in the acquisition of R50 billion in foreign
equipment, nearly all of which was purchased far too early (e.e. light fight
aircraft) or far more sophisticated than required (e.e. MEKO 200AS frigates), or
not required at all (e.g. coastal submarines). The R50 billion cost of
acquisition is going to turn in several hundred billion Rands of lifecycle
costs. All of this was done to make Joe Modise and his gabbas real wealthy men
in a few short years and Alec Erwin a modern day Robbing Hood.