Why were Bosasa whistleblowers arrested?

Sends the wrong message to others who might want to testify, writes

from Bryanston.

Jean Michel

Iwas perplexed when I read that the major whistleblowers of Bosasa in the Commission of Inquiry into the State Capture, namely Angelo Agrizzi, Andries van Tonder and Frans Voster, who appeared willingly and testified about corruption, were arrested by the Hawks.

As far as I’m concerned, this is a stupid move because their cooperation is very important for any of the cases to proceed.

Also, how will it affect other guys who want to come forward and open up and testify, not only in the Bosasa case but for any other shenanigans and theft that has been happening within all government departments for years?

My answer is that it will hinder the prospects of uncovering more corruption.

This is not only true for Bosasa and I envisage the inquiry grinding to a halt.

The main question still remains: why were all the whistleblowers arrested, yet none of the people exposed during the inquiry so far, who were involved with criminal activities, have been touched?

I may sound stupid, but why are the Watson brothers still free, especially Gavin Watson (and some ANC bigwigs)?

This was the wrong move and the new broom at the top of the NPA has already discouraged all the other whistleblowers to come forward and incriminate themselves.