THICK END OF THE WEDGE
PETER BRUCE: What if Guptas are just a cog in a wheel?
It’s sometimes hard to believe people as ordinary as the Guptas could sustain a complicated strategy without guidance
So, Brian Molefe’s about to be kicked out of Eskom, barely weeks after returning to a ululating, albeit hastily assembled, staff. Duduzane Zuma owns a 175m² apartment (that’s bigger than my house) in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has as a chief of staff and an adviser in his past two ministerial jobs a fixer for the Gupta family. Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane flew with the Guptas and a known Indian money launderer to Switzerland in December 2015, the same month he "negotiated" Glencore out of its Optimum mine and into the Guptas’ waiting arms with Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg, Duduzane and members of the Gupta family in the room.The Guptas, meanwhile, have tried to buy Grindrod Bank, which is used by the Department of Social Development to distribute grants. We know all this because of a slew of sensational stories in the media. Apparently, the leak about the extent of state capture, mainly by the Guptas, is abo...
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