Pikoli walks away with R7,5-million

Hush money.

Trust SA Munt-s, can keep up printing enough money – money flies, get a total new meaning.

Disgusting. A total waste of time and money to protect a crooked cop whose corruption is now being aired in a public court of law. The same problem is evident throughout government service, parastatals and local government, namely jobs for family, friends and pals who are not fit to be in those positions. Nepotism, corruption, bribery, theft, self-enrichment, is killing a once thriving country. No different to the rest of Africa.

And more tax payer money goes to an individual, instead of the community.

Hush now baby hush dont cry (especially not about the case in public court) .. this whole thing stinks to high heaven, would have exposed ex pres Mbeki most likely as being in the know, or accompliced to the corruption.. It would so NOT surprise me... Still dont understand why Mbeki is not held responsible for crimes against humanity for his denialism on the Aids front, but that's another matter i guess..

Did anyone expect anything else?

Pikoli deserves every cent he got from this settlement. He was suspended, cleared beyond reasonable doubt of any wrong doing, he wasn`t reinstated after this, he had to drag government back to court.........I can go on and on. Anyone who doesn`t think he deserves to be compensated should get over his/her emotions and face the facts, wether you a Pikoli fan or not.

Mtsweni: Of course he does. But its just funny, how we have to pay for government corruption and infighting.

I agree that Pikoli deserves every cent; but how unfortunate that the NPA was undermined by the meddling of the ANC. And Sinudeity is right -- what a waste of taxpayers' money. I think that the money should be paid out of Mbeki et al's PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNTS -- why the hell should us hard-working citizens have to empty our pockets time and time again to pay for the incompetence and corruption of the gvt? I think it's time to boycott paying taxes -- let them arrest all 5 million of us.

Bullshit. Fcuk Pikoli and all like him. The whole story was far from out and in truth he is just lucky they did not scratch the scab of the story open. S/Times says Pikoli accepted and was pleased with the deal. Er, no shit. Anybody would have been happy with the deal.

Apocalypse Now,

Animal Farm-1209 thinks your use of bombastic words like Bullshit, Fcuk and Shit when you making your best intelligent views actually bewitches and makes you and you beautiful views aloof beyond redemption. Animal Farm-1209 does not envy your rich dictionary but would like it very much if you were to come down to the masses’ level by using your choicest bombastic words only when formulating your thoughts.

Animal farm-1209 knows that you are not sharing the same view with Vusi Mtsweni on this Vusi Pikoli matter and we think if you can re-read his post you would be a better person and not as aloof as you are now. Vusi puts down some good points and then make his informed conclusion on them and this looks and sounds simple.

Animal Farm-1209 is looking forward to Azanians who engage on debate by just facing facts and getting over our emotions as Vusi Mtsweni puts it.

Animal farm-1209 is for peaceful engagement with no insults flying SAA first class to and fro!!

Do you think that paying taxes is an intelligent thing to do? Wasn't Pikoli the last man standing? Apres Pikoli, le deluge. DRC ethics flow south. Dave

@ Vusi Mtsweni. I agree with you 100 %. As an individual he was poorly treated by the politicians but, as SA citizens, we have been been equally poorly treated. All the role players in this are publically elected or appointed individuals. They are rewarded by, and, are responsible to, the people of the country. Full disclosure is what we deserve, not payments to public officials for them to "go away".

Yowssrs-is anyone getting perspective of this R7.5 million rand or a million dollars . Nobody in govt office in the USA would get a million dollars for leaving a govt post . Its just not acceptible .I guess thats a years salary in the ANC govt these days or really you work for a few months , cause trouble, stuff everything up and then resign or get suspended and get a million dollars . It could be the next best reality TV show !!!

I have been and still am a supporter of Vusi Pikoli and I just want to say to him congratulations and thank you for sticking to your guns when so many took shots at you.

But please do not let the money and this corrupt government pull you in. As I have said and will say again, this country needs hero’s not more crooks and charlatans in high places.

Adv Pikoli never sought to embarrass the govt but fought for what he believed was morally and legally right. He has achieved that and there was no need to procceed with the litigation. We will recall that at one stage he was offered an amount of R10 Mllion to walk away but refused because it would have left his name and that of the institution he headed in tatters and he turned down the offer. In the end what he fought for he got ie his integrity and that of a state institution he headed. We must be grateful that there are still a few men and women like him and there is hope for our democracy. We all know that had the state been standing on firm ground they would have sought to embarrass him but because they knew the groung was shaky they had to settle. Let us pray that the NPA will have at its helm a man/woman of high moral and intergrity and all other institutions. Unfortunately this always comes at a high price to the taxpayer and in Adv Pikoli we are sure that he was prepared to earn an honest living and get what he deserves. Thanks for the good fight Adv Pikoli and with men like you there is hope for this country and we wish there could be many like you. Sipiwo Pahlane

Tax payers have to feet the bill again, we paid for JZ case, we currently paying for Selebi case and now 7.5 million is going to be given to Pikoli. I this government runnibg a circus or what ? People should not look at Pikoli but government, anyone would have appreciated a golden handshake.

I agree with Vusi, he deserves it. He is a man with integrity and what the ANC did is wrong. Fire the good guys and reward the rotten ones is the policy of the ANC government.

I have the utmost respect for Adv Pikoli and the stance he has taken. His legacy is one of true integrity but what disappoints me is that the golden handshake he recieved is similar to that offered to other public officials who have NOT shown themselves to be competent at all. here i refer to the Lawrence Mushwana's, the Khaya Ngqula's, the Moroga's etc

This is the same guy whose wife was awarded shares in one of the Kebbles' company and he still insists that he has integrity.

Paying Adv Pikoli R7,5m plus his legal fees is a lot of money which goes closed to R12m. But this Gov cant pay enough to its workers. hahaha SA. Dissapointed on the part of the Gov, but Pikoli is smiling all the way to the bank as we wrote.

@Gorbachev - why do you use a pseudonym. Vusi Pikoli does have integrity. He is exactly the kind of person we need in our institutions if we are to get the better of corruption. Shares in a Kebble company alone points to absolutely zero.

The pseudonym is all mine and all those people I have grown up with who identify me as such. If you have a problem with that du Plessis it's your grub to grind. As far as my comment goes I am merely highlighting a misnomer in Pikoli's credentials and it is not a secret at all. This is one guy who thinks that he has all the answers to our country's problems, for your own information he does not, in fact he is denting our government's coffers. This is one man who still holds a grudge against our president irregardless of the facts presented by Mpshe. These are the same men who were plotting their own comrades' downfall and some souls still see integrity in that, what a sham!

It is very unfortunate that Gorbachev chose to mislead with his argument. The fact is Pikoli has not been indicted for any wrong doing even by Gorbachev s standards. The government has chose to settle with Pikoli out of court and Gorbachev should know that that in itself is a sad indictment because had the government believed that Pikoli had no chances of success in court they would have gone all out but they did not. All the fuss that Gorbachev is throwing about has not been put to test anywhere other than in his mind and this would have been the opportunity to do so but was missed due to this settlement. Gorbachev should also have listened to the 14h00 news bulletin on SAFM and perhaps he would make a positive contribution to this debate. Fact is the government has nothing against Pikoli and as such have indicated in their settlement that he is fit to hold office but that there was a miscommunication of some sort. The government set up the Ginwala commission which found that Pikoli has high intergrity hence we can say without fear of contradiction that he has intergrity. Gorbachev go get a life man! Remember the saying that DO NOT TELL LIES AND CLAIM EASY VICTORIES{Caberal:excuse my spelling}. Sipiwo Pahlane

R7.5 million - my ass. I bet the actual payout is at least US$7.5 million and that will come out in due course - watch and see. Like most in Africa he also has his price - and the president and his advisors (Mo/Shabir Schaik??) knew that all to well.
Disgusting
No wonder we loose 20 000 lives to voilent crime per year...

You see if you have done law you would understand that any person that has been proven beyong reasonable doubts has got the constitutional right to be refunded all the legal fees that he has incurred. I'm usprised now why people are blowing a trumphet about Vusi Pikoli's debacle. I vehemently agree with Mtsweni when he says whether you like Pikoli or not you just have to make peace with the fact that he has been acquitted by the Genwala Commission and this could have been avoided by reinstasting him in his position. So now who is to be blame for this 7,5 million? Thabo for suspending him, Ginwala Commission for failing to reinstate him in position, or Kgalema for permanently suspending Vusi Pokoli. So the whole matter implicates lot of people.

Where does all this money come from aint we suppose to be in recession. or does it only effect the average man on the str? Just cause i dont have any dirty on gov.

fana fana: The recession is just affecting the man on the street. The politicians are living in luxury. Dont pay for homes, dont pay for vehicles, dont pay taxes, and earn R1million+ a year.

Some of the them even still, defraud us with their governmental credit cards. *cough*Collins Chabane*cough*

Even with billions of rands in corruption, its still not enough for these self serving scumbags.

dust settled at last.state never had a prima facie case against former NPA boss.now the president is free to appoint new boss.

You greedy FAT pig !