BUSINESS DAY TV: When inside the system, it is harder to speak out: Part 1
Susan Comrie, investigative journalist at amaBhungane, discusses their exclusive report on claims by former Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi that Eskom CEO Brian Molefe helped the Gupta family buy a coal mine from Glencore.
BUSINESS DAY TV: Explosive allegations were revealed by the amaBhungane centre for investigative journalism today. The new evidence suggests that Brian Molefe helped the Guptas hijack a coal mine and President [Jacob] Zuma fired the then mines minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi because he refused to play along. But Eskom chair Ben Ngubane has rejected the accusations, calling them preposterous. Although the company refused an interview with us to discuss this further, so joining us for a closer look at the findings is Susan Comrie, she’s an investigative journalist at amaBhungane. Susan … so this isn’t a report that you rustled up over the weekend, this has taken a lot of work, in fact it’s been years in the making because you have been following the money so to speak. How certain are you of the facts in this report? SUSAN COMRIE: The allegation from the former minister Mr Ramatlhodi really was something that came out right at the end. We had been putting the story together for a long time,...
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