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South Africa: #GuptaLeaks - Business Must Own Up to Its Role in the Corruption Scandals
The Conversation Africa, 2 August 2017
South Africa is reeling from a string of scandals involving state owned enterprises and the Guptas, a family with close ties to President Jacob Zuma. A trove of recently leaked… Read more »
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South Africa: Amabhungane - BLF-Linked Disruption of #GuptaLeaks Town Hall Discussion Deplorable
Daily Maverick, 28 July 2017
Daily Maverick does not normally republish statements but the behaviour of people linked to Black First Land First (BLF) on Thursday night at the amaBhungane town discussion,… Read more »
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South Africa: amaBhungane Considering Legal Action Against BLF
News24Wire, 28 July 2017
amaBhungane has denied claims by Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama that a white man attacked him during its "Inside the #GuptaLeaks" town hall event in… Read more »
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South Africa: #GuptaLeaks a Huge Embarrassment to ANC - Treasurer General
News24Wire, 28 July 2017
ANC Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize says those implicated in the #GuptaLeaks need to account. Read more »
#GuptaLeaks a 'Huge Embarrassment' for South Africa's ANC
African National Congress Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize and Secretary General Gwede Mantashe have called on authorities to hold officials implicated in the #GuptaLeaks accountable for their actions. This comes after the Gupta-alligned Black First Land First organisation disrupted an event discussing state capture and a second German software multinational was found collaborating with a Gupta-owned company to secure lucrative state contracts.
Top: Title image of former public protector Thil Madonsela's state capture report. Bottom-left: Atul Gupta. Bottom-right: Logo of Black First Land First.
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South Africa: Police Must Arrest Those Implicated in Gupta Leaks - Mantashe
News24Wire, 27 July 2017
Law enforcement agencies must arrest those within the ANC who have been criminally implicated in the so-called Gupta leaks, party secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday. Read more »
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South Africa: The ANC Cannot Be Reformed - the Rot Is Too Deep
Daily Maverick, 28 July 2017
It is very transparent that the ANC of today has little moral connection with the liberation movement and the lofty ideals of the Tambos, the Sisulus, the Mbekis and the Kathradas.… Read more »
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South Africa: Black First Land First Disrupts Journo Event On State Capture
News24Wire, 27 July 2017
Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mnxgxitama and a small band of BLF members disrupted a discussion on state capture in Braamfontein, Johannesburg on Thursday night. Read more »
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South Africa: #GuptaLeaks - Let's Hear It for the Good Guy
Daily Maverick, 26 July 2017
The revelations contained in the #GuptaLeaks emails may give the impression that everyone the Guptas encountered rolled over to do their bidding - either through pressure from… Read more »
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South Africa: Don't Assume Zuma Is a Gupta Lackey - ANC Chair
News24Wire, 25 July 2017
KwaZulu-Natal ANC chairperson Sihle Zikalala has cautioned against making any judgements about the relationship between President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family. Read more »
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South Africa: #GuptaLeaks - Another German Software Giant Implicated in 'Kickback' Payments
Daily Maverick, 25 July 2017
A second German multinational, Software AG, has been caught red-handed entering questionable commission agreements with a Gupta-controlled company in the hope of securing lucrative… Read more »
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South Africa: President Zuma - I've Never Sought Residency Outside Country
News24Wire, 24 July 2017
President Jacob Zuma revealed in a written reply to a Parliamentary question on Monday that he owns no property outside of South Africa and never sought residency for himself or… Read more »
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South Africa: Amabhungane - How Gupta Associates 'Fleeced' Cosatu in HQ Deal
Daily Maverick, 21 July 2017
Evidence suggests that an influential Gupta associate and a future Eskom acting chief executive colluded in a deal that fleeced the trade union federation of millions. Read more »
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South Africa: Software Giant in 'Kickback' Deal With Gupta Company - #GuptaLeaks
Daily Maverick, 10 July 2017
To clinch Transnet business, business software giant SAP agreed to pay 10% "sales commission" to a company controlled by the Guptas. The evidence suggests the company - a… Read more »
InFocus
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Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan was heckled during a seminar at the University of Johannesburg where he warned that unchecked state capture would result in a "10-year ... Read more »
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Embattled former CEO Brian Molefe will finally get his R30 million bonus that was initially withheld by Public Enterprises Minister Lynn Brown. Molefe resigned his position at ... Read more »
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The South African Communist Party's 14th national congress saw its leader Blade Nzimande criticise the influence of the Gupta family over the State. Nzimande also attacked the ... Read more »
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German software multinational SAP allegedly intended to secure a Transnet contract worth U.S.$7.3 million in a deal with a small Gupta-owned company, the Daily Maverick reports. Read more »
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The Democratic Alliance says the apology from former Gupta public relations firm Bell Pottinger is not enough. "If this apology was to be taken seriously, the company would fully ... Read more »
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Trillian Capital, a company that was chaired by Tokyo Sexwale, a former ANC human settlements minister who had presidential aspirations, called for an investigation into the firm ... Read more »
