RANJENI MUNUSAMY: Parliament is turning up the heat in the Guptas' state capture kitchen
The Pandora’s Box on state capture has officially been cranked open‚ with a preliminary hearing by Parliament’s public enterprises portfolio committee being told that there is "mafia-style nefarious control of state-owned enterprises by an elite that is pivoted around the president of the republic". The committee is preparing for a wide-scale inquiry into irregularities and allegations of corruption involving the Gupta family at major state-owned companies. The inquiry‚ which begins in mid-August‚ could finally turn up the heat on the Gupta network that appears to have received political protection up to now. SACC general secretary Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana said state capture was of such a scale that it was a threat to the country’s democracy. "It was clear there was mafia-style nefarious control of SOEs by an elite that is pivoted around the president of the republic‚ and that is systemically siphoning the assets of the state and blunting any possible effective means for law enforcem...
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