Outa lays charges against Public Enterprises director-general
Mogokare Richard Seleke passed confidential e-mails from Eskom to the Guptas and inserted himself into state-owned entities’ deals
On Friday, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) laid charges of fraud, extortion, corruption and high treason against the director-general of the Department of Public Enterprises, Mogokare Richard Seleke. According to Outa, and based on information gleaned from leaked Gupta e-mails, Seleke passed confidential e-mails from Eskom to the Guptas, inserted himself into state-owned entities’ deals, and helped the Guptas use confidential information to buy a cheap mine and rip off billions of rand from SA. Outa says Seleke tried to cover his tracks with an anonymous e-mail address, but that this failed. "This is an official who belongs not in public office but in jail," Outa chief operations officer Ben Theron said. "The fact that he is still in office despite what is now publicly known about his activities points to a compliant state that is run from Saxonwold. Why isn’t the National Prosecuting Authority taking action against officials like this?"
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