Zunaid Moti’s extreme makeover
For all the intrigue linked to him, Zunaid Moti has won over forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan, enlisted the services of anti-apartheid activist Lord Peter Hain and has a chrome offtake deal with Glencore
Zunaid Moti is frustrated at being called controversial. The 44-year-old, who comes from Mokopane, where his father owned a large general dealership, says: "Forever and a day, as far as SA is concerned, whenever I open a newspaper, I am controversial," he says. "Good stories don’t sell; they sensationalise nonsense … They deal with me as if I’m listed and owe someone in the street money. I mean, hell," he says, exasperated. Unfortunately for Moti, it will be a while before he shakes off the label, if ever. His backstory reads too much like a thriller, replete with drama and intrigue. Moti, who went to school at St Alban’s College in Pretoria, first appeared in the public eye as the bright young thing behind Future Fin, which provided finance for the purchase of luxury vehicles, yachts and private jets. Next, as chair of the Abalengani Group, he became known in the property game and was involved in the development of luxury golf estate Nondela. But in 2009, hit by the global recessio...
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