EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Eskom revelations — ‘only the tip of the iceberg
And banks won’t say why they closed Gupta accounts
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world Several former executives and directors of Eskom and other insiders, said privately at the weekend that what had been uncovered by the former public protector "was only the tip of the iceberg". Far worse was yet to come. Former transport minister Sbu Ndebele quit his post as high commissioner to Australia voluntarily ahead of a court trial for allegedly accepting a R10m bribe to extend Tasima’s contract to run the electronic national administration traffic information system (eNatis). An Al Jazeera documentary claims State Security Minister David Mahlobo is friends with a Chinese rhino horn trafficker. In a secretly recorded video, a massage parlour owner in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, Guan Jiang Guang, brags about his alleged association with the minister. In My Opinion Banks declined to shed light on why they closed the Guptas accounts in replying affidavits to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s court application by Friday’s deadline. The DA d...
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