AFFIDAVIT LODGED
Outa demands proper probe into its charges against Zwane
Treason, corruption, theft, fraud and extortion charges brought against Mining Minister Mosebenzi Zwane at the Randburg police station on Monday by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) had to be thoroughly investigated, said Ben Theron, chief operating officer of the civil action group. Theron, who lodged the affidavit, laid out in detail the basis for the charges, drawing on e-mails that were on a server at Sahara Computers, a business owned by the Gupta family and to which Outa has access. Zwane rose quickly from relative obscurity to mining minister where he has courted controversy after controversy since his surprise appointment in September 2015. He allegedly supported a Gupta-backed company, called Tegeta, in securing the Optimum coal mine from Glencore, flying with the family to Switzerland for talks with Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg; unveiled a radical overhaul to the Mining Charter without the collaboration of the mining industry and, most recently, proposed a moratori...
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