Thread by @Artii_M

#PPInquiry Adv. D Mpofu has argued against the relevance of the new witness, Baldwin Neshunzhi, Senior Manager for security in the office of the PPSA.

Evidence leader, Adv. N Bawa argues Neshunzhi's relevance on 3 issues they'll deal with, including CIEX matter... @Newzroom405

...and the issue regarding the recommendation to amend the Constitution, where Mr Moodley would be mentioned.

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Neshunzhi: I felt that there was a sense of animosity on the part of the PP -the cause of which I did not know, though it may also be linked to an event that had occurred subsequently.

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Neshunzhi: In this regard I am referring to an incident that related to documents that had been delivered by the President's Office. I had not been called to Security when such documents arrived.

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Neshunzhi: It subsequently emerged that the information that had been
delivered appeared in the media and it was suspected that this had been leaked at the OPP from the documents that had been delivered. I was asked to account as to the leak...

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Neshunzhi: I followed the trail of the documentation through the OPP from its arrival to when it was put into the safe in the private office and signed over to Chief Investigator at the time, Mr Rodney Matabogo, who informed me that he worked on the documentation.

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Neshunzhi: After several interviews I concluded that the leak had not happened at the PP's Office. It emerged that there was actually no leak and that when the documents had been delivered, the President had issued a media statement about the documents being provided

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Neshunzhi: It was quite apparent to me that it appeared that the relationship with PP was now deteriorating. I had the sense that there was a feeling that I was not doing what I was supposed to be doing in supporting the work of the OPP.

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Neshunzhi: There was an expectation I would be the PP's eyes and ears in the office, and I was letting her down. It was relayed to me by the PP there was an atmosphere of some resistance to her at the office and I was asked to ascertain how such could be overcome.

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Neshunzhi: I then suggested to her that what I had gleaned from persons in the office was that she was not sufficiently talking to people and suggested that she spend one afternoon, perhaps going around greeting people and making herself more accessible.

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Neshunzhi: I am not sure if she undertook the exercise of the walk about in the building. I subsequently received a telephone call from Mr Arthur Fraser ("Mr Fraser"), and informed that I was not providing the support to the PP as I was hired to do.

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Neshunzhi: He advised that the PP was complaining about my lack of support. This occurred during the end of 2019. At the time I did not know how precisely I was said to have failed in my job as this was not directly relayed to me by the PP.

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Neshunzhi: I did not know how I failed to support the PP. As far as I was aware, there was no security issues and when the PP went on roadshows, I ensured that all the arrangements were completed and I fulfilled my responsibilities.

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Neshunzhi: Mr Fraser was known to me from previous context in which I had come across him, especially when I was dealing in commodities during the period in 2012 to 2017 and he was in the private sector - trading as Resurgent Risk Management.

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Neshunzhi: The only time I recall meeting him at the OPP was when he came to attend a meeting, accompanied by James Ramabulana and Mahendra Moodley, both of the latter were at the SSA. I do not know the details of such meeting.