TOBY SHAPSHAK: How much proof do the police need to act on #GuptaEmails?
What is holding our police back from investigating what any South African can see are crimes?
Are the #GuptaLeaks e-mails real? I’ve been asked this question many times, on radio and TV, and by people who don’t usually read the news who have just begun to realise, as have we all, the true extent of the Gupta corruption in our country. The short answer is: yes. We have had enough high-profile people admit the e-mails implicating them are real, including communications minister Ayanda Dlodlo and former KPMG Africa chief executive Moses Kgosana. Then there is the mountain of anecdotal evidence where e-mails correlate to real-world events: from the controversial Eskom-aided purchase of Optimum Coal mine to the notorious Waterkloof Air Force Base landing for a 2013 Sun City wedding.This includes sponsored trips for cabinet appointees — like Mosebenzi Zwane’s journeys to Zurich and Dubai, and co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister David Des van Rooyen’s one-day “holiday” to Dubai. Such a wealth of detail can’t be fabricated. The details in the e-mails match what ha...
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