Justice minister Ronald Lamola has told parliament that the United Arab Emirates was not co-operating regarding the extradition of the Gupta brothers to SA. Lamola was giving a political overview of his departments’ annual reports to the…
“A serious blow to the fight against organised crime.” That’s how the National Prosecuting Authority has reacted to the Guptas’ successful court bid to unfreeze R250-million of their assets – which the state tried to argue may be the…
Business rescue practitioners appointed to oversee eight Gupta firms are drowning in a flood of court applications brought by the directors of the businesses. And the practitioners now claim it is an orchestrated attempt to “litigate them…
The National Prosecuting Authority’s “do or die” battle to retain control over R250-million in Gupta assets should be decided in the coming weeks – but already both the state and the Guptas are trying to claim victory. And that’s…
By Nomahlubi Jordaan A neighbour of the Gupta family who was privy to the stream of politically connected VIPs – including cabinet ministers‚ government officials and heads of state owned enterprises – visiting the Saxonwold compound in…
By Justice Malala State capture Malema’s party won’t let us forget what finance minister has done to our economy Last Wednesday the EFF once again protested loudly and walked out of parliament. They said that Malusi Gigaba, President…
By Nomahlubi Jordaan Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba says Cosatu’s planned national strike on Wednesday should also go to the Gupta residence in Saxonwold. “Unfortunately‚ COSATU’s planned strike fails to take the protest to the…
What are you prepared to pay for cranberries‚ kiwi and a single scoop of ice cream? Thanks to the international auditing firm‚ KPMG‚ and the South African Revenue Service‚ the Guptas were able to have all their wedding dessert and eat it…
THE Gupta family today (Thursday, September 21) lost a court bid to stop the Bank of Baroda from closing down their last remaining bank accounts in South Africa. The High Court in Pretoria dismissed an application brought by 20…
BY GRAEME HOSKEN Auditing firm faces ruin as its reputation lies in tatters Auditing firm KPMG SA’s reputation is in tatters and it faces ruin as another two major clients ditch it. On Tuesday financial services company Sasfin and…
BY GRAEME HOSKEN Charges of fraud‚ racketeering and collusion are to be laid against international consultancy firm McKinsey in connection with their facilitation of deals between the controversial Gupta family and state-owned entities.…
BY STEPHAN HOFSTATTER State-run utility admits to fake claims of legitimacy Eskom has admitted that it lied when it defended making payments totalling R1.6-billion to Gupta-linked financial advisory firm Trillian and global business…
Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments announced on Wednesday that it was selling its mining business Tegeta Exploration and Resources to Swiss-based Charles King SA for R2.97 billion. “The sale is part of Oakbay’s commitment to preserve jobs‚…
Complicating the closure of the Gupta accounts by Baroda is the extent of the loans it has made to the family The Bank of Baroda has indicated that it would close the accounts of the controversial Gupta family at the end of August, but…
Top guns at Eskom and members of the Gupta family may be forced to face committee Members of the portfolio committee on public enterprises say there will be no place to hide for Eskom officials, the Gupta family or Duduzane Zuma when the…
