How Gigaba and Brown spun the Gupta web around state enterprises
'It’s clear that Gigaba and Brown have committed serious oversight blunders, breaching rules of ethical governance whose behaviour borders on crimes of governance'
By KYLE COWAN, GRAEME HOSKEN, SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA and GENEVIEVE QUINTAL Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and his successor as Public Enterprises minister Lynne Brown peppered state-owned companies with Gupta family associates and connections. Leaked e-mails detailing the Gupta family’s interactions with key government ministers and officials have focused the spotlight on Gigaba’s role — whether witting or unwitting — in the capture of the South African state. They appear to add credence to a Public Affairs Research Institute state-capture report, released before the e-mail leak, which painted Gigaba as a central figure. He has dismissed the claims and declined to comment to The Times on Monday. Brown’s spokesman, Colin Cruywagen, said Brown had “repeatedly called for further investigation of allegations raised in the State of Capture report to spare state-owned companies further damage’’. Koffi Kouakou of the Wits School of Governance said it was clear from the actions of ministers...
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