Bruce's List: The Zuptas nailed again; and a bow and a scrape to John Robbie
Bruce’s List: A guide to informed reads.It can take a long time and a great deal of concentration and determination, as a journalist or a reporter, to truly crack open a big story. The biggest story of our age in SA is the corruption of the administration of President Jacob Zuma, due mainly, but not exclusively, to his ties with the Gupta family. It has eaten away at specific institutions in the security, justice and communications fields. But as the corruption has widened, it has also distracted policy makers from their day jobs, so things such as education and health care have also suffered. Everything the Guptas touch is rotten. Why people think they can do any form of business with these people and escape the toxins they leave behind is beyond me.Today, the investigative team at amaBhungane expose a classic money-laundering operation that involves the Guptas and their dreadful newspaper, a string of friends, Transnet (of course) and, ultimately, the president himself. People who...
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