Who must be grilled
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