EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Leaked e-mails show more Gupta involvement in government
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world The leaked Gupta e-mails include a R30bn loan application on behalf of Transnet for its locomotive contract, which is purported to have been written by former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene, but was actually written by Gupta-associated Regiments Capital’s Tewodros Gebreselasie. The e-mails provide overwhelming evidence — which Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane appears unwilling to pursue — that the Guptas received more than R5bn in kickbacks from China South Rail, which was awarded the bulk of the Transnet contract. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s order to Parliament that the Reserve Bank be forced to simply print money was echoed by Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi in an address on Monday night. In My Opinion Matters of debate Should President Jacob Zuma’s group prevail in numbers at the ANC’s policy conference, which is widely expected, the resolution on the economy will contain several investor-unfriendly clauses, includ...
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