PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
PIC CE Dan Matjila spied on e-mails of six top executives
The CE of the Public Investment Corporation, Dan Matjila, spied on the e-mail traffic of six of his top executives in 2017 in his bid to unmask the identity of an anonymous whistle-blower who had made allegations about him to his board and executives. The allegations came in the form of an e-mail last September from a person purporting to be "James Nogu", which claimed that Matjila had corruptly funded a "girlfriend" with corporate social investment money. The e-mail claimed Matjila had called in a favour for the woman, whose business was in trouble, from the head of the company the PIC had funded. Matjila refuted the allegations to the board, which accepted his explanation. He has denied any romantic relationship with the woman. Matjila then obtained the permission of the board to investigate the source of the e-mail. He enlisted the services of BCX, which subcontracted the job to Naledi Advisory Services, a specialist in digital forensics.
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