Thales

Employment as a gratification can involve appointing a person in a position for a particular advantage, exemplified by a retainer payment in the Thales matter related to former President Jacob Zuma, where the timing of when the retainer needs to act is unspecified.

“when we talk about a gratification and we talked about the employment as a gratification, but it is also some advantage that you put a person and you appoint a person in a place for a particular advantage ... When we look at the matter, in the Thales matter of the former President, Jacob Zuma and Thales, a retainer was given ... It is any given time. We do not know when it is.”