State of Capture report maps Eskom-Gupta network
Oh‚ what a tangled web the Guptas and Eskom weave...
Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report this week paints a picture of the Eskom board entwined in a spider’s web of conflicting relationships with close Gupta family and business associates‚ but Eskom hit back on Friday‚ playing down her claims. Embedded below is TMG Digital’s map of the relationships that the public protector’s report described when it was released on Wednesday. The intricate web — mapped using network analysis and visualisation software — shows key players’s prominence such as Gupta business associate Salim Essa‚ as well as other subtler connections through family relationships and common business holdings. For the best experience in viewing the Eskom board network graph‚ click on the “view fullscreen” option. A great deal of the State of Capture report was about Eskom’s relationships and dealings with Gupta-owned entities in transactions worth more than a billion rand. Madonsela’s claims of conflicted relationships included: * Eskom chair Ben Ngubane having a d...
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