Road to tears
Power corrupts: Behind Eskom's Gupta connection
How Brian Molefe got sucked into Zupta web
Brian Molefe was, until recently, seen as an inspirational manager and shining example of economic transformation. But his goose now appears to be thoroughly cooked — following revelations, in the former public protector’s report on state capture, of his far-too-close connections with the Gupta family’s interests. He will have a long, hard struggle to separate his name from theirs, and from the ‘Saxonwold Shebeen’. He is easily one of SA’s most successful civil servants and black business leaders. His critics would say the 49-year-old Brian Molefe was never going to come out of a probe into alleged corruption smelling of roses. Still, many who know his track record are surprised by the extent to which the public protector’s "State of Capture" report, published last week, taints him instead with the smell of the manure planted around those roses. After being fingered by former public protector Thuli Madonsela for allegedly shady dealings involving the Gupta brothers — who consider Mo...
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