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Gordhan said the final penny dropped when the Gupta emails came into the public domain. During four days Nene’s replacement was in office, documents were prepared by advisors of then minister. In 2 working days, was peculiar interest in SAA. #StateCaptureInquiry

Zondo says he struggles to understand practice in government where things are purchased at inflated prices. He says it seems to be quite common. Gordhan says was common in purchase of laptops, many such examples, and somebody benefits. Who benefits? #StateCaptureInquiry

Gordhan says closer to 2014 was the phenomenon of “fronting” - spiked in 2015 in so many institutions. #StateCaptureInquiry

Pretorius asks when the picture of state capture emerged. Gordhan says earlier than 2009 referred to individual acts of corruption. #StateCaptureInquiry

Gordhan refers to Mcebisi Jonas’s testimony that when the Guptas offered him the finance minister job, they said he would remove four officials: Lungisa Fuzile, Kenneth Brown, Ismail Momoniat and Andrew Donaldson. He says the institutional memory is crucial #StateCaptureInquiry

I think Gordhan’s revenge for people leaking his statement is to drag out his evidence until the guilty parties give up and confess. #StateCaptureInquiry

Pretorius now turns to the role of the National Treasury in Gordhan's statement. It’s slow going here… Only on page 10 of 68… #StateCaptureInquiry