Bosasa controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Deaths of court-appointed liquidators
Liquidators Cloete and Thomas Murray were shot dead in a suspected assassination. A legal advocacy organization suggested the killings could be connected to their work tracing Bosasa’s finances, but the reported motive remained subject to investigation.
2022
Zondo Commission corruption findings
The Zondo Commission concluded that Bosasa had extensively bribed politicians and officials and that corruption was embedded in the company’s way of doing business. The findings formed part of South Africa’s broader state-capture investigation.
2018
Whistleblower allegations and state-capture inquiry
Former chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi alleged that Bosasa operated a long-running system of bribery, racketeering, and money laundering involving politicians and public officials. His testimony before the Zondo Commission became central to the public scandal surrounding the company.