Four senior ANN7 staffers arrested, report says
A convoy of home affairs officials swoop on formerly Gupta-linked TV channel ahead of a press conference by new owner Jimmy Manyi
Home Affairs’ immigration officials have arrested four senior employees at formerly Gupta-linked TV channel ANN7‚ Eyewitness News reported. It said it was understood that the group was handcuffed after they were caught without proper documentation to work in South Africa. Reports said earlier that officials from the department of home affairs had returned to the ANN7 studios in Midrand on Tuesday. A convoy of their vehicles arrived at the premises of the former Gupta-owned channel shortly after 11am. This was just minutes before the channel’s new owner‚ Mzwanele “Jimmy” Manyi and controversial pastor Paseka Motsoeneng, also known as Mboro, were to hold a press briefing at the studios. An invite to the media believed to be from Mboro said the briefing was to address the issue of who really owned the channel. Mboro was meant to have a television show aired on the channel from last Sunday but pulled the plug on the eleventh hour‚ reportedly because he believed the Gupta family still ha...
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