Will ANN7 destroy MultiChoice’s reputation? Are South Africans now adding MultiChoice to the list of the Zupta complicit, along with McKinsey, SAP and KPMG? Because of the latest Gupta e-mail leaks, we finally know why MultiChoice broadcasts ANN7: it has been paying the Guptas for it. That’s why it has refused to say anything. It did not want SA to know about the secret payments to the Guptas. But now the game is up and MultiChoice is panicking. It thinks dropping ANN7 in June 2018 will put an end to matters. It is saying: "Enough is enough! Seven months from now, we just won’t stand for this kind of thing." There is no criminality on the part of MultiChoice. But facts are like dots: some of them can be connected. MultiChoice has had to confirm an original agreement to pay the Guptas R50m a year for the privilege of broadcasting ANN7. We know this because of Gupta attempts to amend the agreement, asking for an increase from R50m to R150m a year. You can’t amend an original agreement...
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