Transnet asks suppliers if they pay ‘commission’ to a third party
Transport utility Transnet is investigating its suppliers for kickback payments to third parties, the company’s CEO, Siyabonga Gama, told reporters on Monday. Allegations of corruption in state firms escalated this year after local media reported on more than 100,000 leaked e-mails and documents, which they say show influence-peddling in the issuing of lucrative tenders, many of which relate to the Gupta family. Zuma and the Guptas have denied any wrongdoing. "We have gone to each and every one of our suppliers and we have said to them, in terms of the contracts that you received from Transnet, are you paying any commission to a third party?" Gama said. Transnet said in July that it had hired an external legal team to investigate allegations reported widely in the local media that implicated the rail and logistics firm in corruption concerning the purchase of locomotives. Top European technology company SAP put four senior managers in SA on leave in July and begun a probe, with resu...
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