Jobs at stake as Gupta empire crumbles
ANC integrity commission to discuss state capture
MINISTERS implicated in state capture could be in hot water with the ANC’S integrity commission, which is to investigate them.
Andrew Mlangeni, head of the commission said they would meet soon to discuss the matter.
Several ministers have been fingered and President Cyril Ramaphosa has been under pressure to fire them. to keep the mines open to ensure job security for the miners and the continuation of crucial coal supply to Eskom,” he said.
Theron said according to Outa’s investigations, Islandsite and Confident Concept own properties which include the Gupta’s Saxonwold compound and Mzwanele Manyi’s ANN7 TV and The New Age newspaper offices. Theron said that Confident Concept owned the Porsche used by close Gupta associate and former president Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane.
The Gupta-owned vehicles came into the spotlight on Friday with Outa revealing more than 100 vehicles owned by the family, including high-end and
Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown, Mining Minister Mosebenzi Zwane and Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi have been implicated, as well as Co-operative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen and Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba.
This week, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane ordered Ramaphosa to act against Brown within 15 days after she was found expensive models of Bentley and Maserati. A Bentley Continental GT worth about R3 million, Maserati Quattroporte worth R1.1m and a Lamborghini Gallardo are some of the most expensive vehicles on the list. A source told Independent Media that Atul Gupta splurged on a red Maserati for his then 18-yearold son once he matriculated.
Outa also revealed vehicles registered to companies associated with the Guptas, including Sahara and TNA Media Head Office.
The whereabouts of the vehicles are, however, unknown at this stage, as the Hawks continue with their investigations into the family. Calls to the Gupta family lawyer, Ahmed Gani, went unanswered yesterday. guilty in the Eskom-gupta- debacle.
Brown had denied in Parliament that there was a contract between the Guptas and Eskom. Trillian was paid R500 million by Eskom for doing nothing accoring to evidence that was led in the inquiry into state capture in Parliament. Brown has shifted the blame to former Eskom chief financial officer Anoj Singh for supplying her with wrong information Trillian on the deal. Mkhwebane also this week found Van Rooyen guilty of lying in Parliament about his alleged links to the Guptas.
The portfolio committee on mineral resources launched an inquiry into Zwane after he failed to show up in Parliament to answer to his links to the
Guptas. This was the third time he failed to present himself.
Zwane travelled to Switzerland to meet Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg to tie up a deal for the Guptas to buy Optimum mine.
Some ANC members had been pushing for the integrity commission to be given more powers to clamp down on corruption.