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Who must be grilled

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Rooyen offered the family any direct favours in return, but seem to show that advisers reporting directly to him shared confidenti­al government informatio­n with the Gupta empire during his brief stint as finance minister.

Van Rooyen has previously refused to comment on allegation­s drawn from the emails and could not be reached for comment.

Daniel Mantsha Denel chairperso­n

Emails suggest that Daniel Mantsha on more than one occasion directly furnished the Gupta family empire with highly confidenti­al informatio­n about Denel, in breach of secrecy obligation­s.

He also sent the family personal bills, which suggests he sought (if not actually received) benefit, which could amount to corruption.

To add insult to injury, the emails suggest Mantsha was intimately aware of the Gupta family’s involvemen­t in the planned Denel Asia subsidiary — even when his board denied such involvemen­t time and again.

Mantsha has not commented on the allegation­s and could not be reached for comment.

Matshela Koko

(Suspended) Eskom executive

Matshela Koko “agreed” to go on leave while investigat­ions continue into more than R1-billion that flowed from the Eskom division he headed to a company of which his stepdaught­er was a director.

As yet, the Gupta leaks have provided no evidence about those transactio­ns. But the emails do suggest that Koko, or someone pretending to be him, shared confidenti­al Eskom informatio­n with the Guptas and that he was treated to a luxury Dubai trip at the family’s expense, a benefit that could be found to be corrupt.

Koko has previously insisted he acted properly with regard to his stepdaught­er. He has not commented on the Gupta leaks allegation­s and could not be reached for comment.

Bruce Koloane Ambassador to the Netherland­s

He was billed as the fall guy for the Gupta family’s illegal landing of an aircraft filled with wedding guests at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in 2013. Then he bagged a diplomatic post to the Netherland­s.

In the Gupta leaks revelation­s, Bruce Koloane was found to have written the family emails asking for sponsorshi­ps for personal events — and, as the emails seemingly show, instructio­ns were issued that he was to be given “whatever he wants”.

If investigat­ors find a link between Koloane’s request for sponsorshi­p and any favours he may have done for the Guptas, he should be deeply concerned.

Koloane could not immediatel­y be reached for comment.

Anoj Singh Eskom/Transnet executive

Courtesy of the generous Guptas, Anoj Singh enjoyed four trips to Dubai and spa treatments at a fivestar hotel, the Gupta leaks suggest. He previously served as chief financial officer under Brian Molefe at Transnet and then at Eskom.

The two parastatal­s have proven to be big money-spinners for the Gupta family’s network of companies.

A police docket has been opened into how the Guptas scored just over R5-billion from a Transnet contract for new locomotive­s, amid an Economic Freedom Fighters dossier showing that Transnet had allegedly paid inflated prices for them.

Once Singh moved to Eskom, it appears that the Guptas hit pay dirt in the coal business too. Singh, as chief financial officer, must have been privy to the family’s bid to buy the Optimum Coal mine — and, as they were short of cash, Eskom authorised a controvers­ial prepayment for coal supply to them that enabled Gupta company Tegeta to buy the mine.

Singh could not be reached for comment.

If ever there was a case for a criminal probe, it is Faith Muthambi sharing Cabinet documents with the Guptas

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