Malema claims Bosasa hired convicted criminals to assassinate politicians in KZN

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema made damning allegations against controversial facilities management company Bosasa during his election rally speech in Tshwane recently.

Some believe his assertions may in fact merely be a conspiracy theory.

In a video that has been circulating on social media, Malema said it was surprising that the “corrupt company” Bosasa was hired to service prisons every year on a contractual basis. He then alleged that “Bosasa people” used criminals that were released from prisons for political killings to ensure cases were never solved.

Speaking Sepedi, he said: “Bosasa people release jailed criminals to go and kill someone and return them back to prison. You will never catch that person. This is why it’s difficult to find politicians’ killers in KwaZulu-Natal. They are released from prison to go and kill and returned to prison. Even if you find his fingerprints, he will tell you it’s impossible as he was in prison during the time of the murder. You have hired a corrupt company, let’s remove them and hire our people directly,” alleged the EFF leader.

Watch the video below:

https://twitter.com/Mshengu_1/status/1091258429509955585

Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Michael Masutha confirmed today that he had instructed the national commissioner to review Bosasa’s contracts and start a process of insourcing the services the company was offering.

Masutha said during a press conference welcoming new National Prosecuting Authority boss Advocate Shamila Batohi: “One of the questions I repeatedly asked the management of correctional services was how we ended up being in a situation where we have had to use virements year in and year out to fund these outsourced services because, clearly, it seemed to me that funds had to be diverted.

“I’ve also asked how we ended up in a situation where, many years down the line, we have not been able to develop our own in-house capacity to provide catering for our inmates in the big centres where Bosasa has been providing the service.”

(Compiled by Vhahangwele Nemakonde)

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