And then we switched channels

It was a day of drama at the state capture commission of inquiry when Jonas testified about how Ajay Gupta offered him the post of finance minister, with the added sweetener of R600m. Jonas said Gupta informed him that they “control everything”, and the “old man”, aka Baba kaDuduzane, did whatever they told him to. Gupta also said they could destroy Jonas’s political career. Advocate Phillip Mokoena SC asked Jonas what he said in response. Jonas: “I listened. He was talking like a radio.” Perhaps the Guptas should have started a radio station instead of their ill-fated ANN7 and their sheep’s-head wrapper of a newspaper.