Guptas
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'State has engaged some of SA's top legal experts to expedite Gupta extradition'
Bruce Whitfield asks legal journalist Karyn Maughan about the process ahead after the arrest of Atul and Rajesh Gupta in Dubai.
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Jessie Duarte's ex-husband's name appears in Gupta contract money flows
The commission said that it would not name 30 of the more than 200 parties that were implicated until they had seen the allegations and responded and the identities of third parties who were not related to any wrongdoing would be sealed.
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Zondo questions Singh about his flights to Dubai facilitated by Salim Essa
Earlier on Tuesday at the state capture commission, he was grilled about why a contract not in line with a Treasury directive was signed with consultancy firm McKinsey.
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Koko denies Salim Essa paid R100k to reroute his family from Indonesia to Dubai
He said he personally paid R330,000 for the holiday to Indonesia and asked Suzanne Daniels to assist him with visa applications for Dubai and changing flight plans.
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Ex-Eskom board member Pamensky confirms Essa friendship, denies business deals
The state capture commission asked Pamensky about the allegations that the board was a Gupta board.
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Eskom board was misled in prepayment of R1.6bn to Optimum, Zondo hears
Former Eskom board member Venete Klein has told the state capture commission that she reasonably believed that the payment was for the Optimum Coal Mine under Glencore.
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Zondo hears how Parly misled on profitability of diamond mining in Alexander Bay
Alluvial diamond contractor Gavin Craythorne took the witness stand on Monday.
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Zondo wants CA who headed Alexkor auditing committee summoned
The state capture commission has on Monday heard how Scarlet Sky Investments had no prior experience in diamond mining and that even after it was appointed, no beneficiation was done.
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Diamond contractor sacked for asking about company linked to Guptas, Zondo told
Earlier, Albert Torres of Gobodo Forensic Investigations who looked into irregularities at Alexkor said most of the diamonds from the mine were sold to Scarlet Sky and no auctions were held for sales.
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Guptas fraudulently claimed R9m in tax rebates from Sars, Zondo hears
The state capture commission wants that money to be added to the R280 million of public money that flowed to the Guptas from the Free State government.
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Zondo hears how transactions in Estina looting used to cover laundering trails
Researcher Paul Holden describes some of the reasons for the intricate flows: “I suspect two primary purposes; the one is to make the tracing of the funds slightly more difficult, and the second is that it creates a break for Estina, which can be used to justify if there ever was an investigation.”
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Zondo Inquiry confirms it will hear testimony from ex-Eskom CEO Koko
He's been implicated by witnesses including former Kusile Power Station project manager Abram Masango and Suzanne Daniels.
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How did Makhubo end up doing business with the state while in govt?
Makhubo has told the state capture commission that Molelwane and Gupta-linked company regiments capital signed an agreement with the City of Joburg in 2005, three years before he became ANC treasurer in Johannesburg.
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Ex-Transnet treasurer 'can't recall' countless Regiments Capital emails
The state capture commission has asked him about invoices from his and brother’s companies to regiments for actuarial and risk management and supplying liquor.
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Ex-SAA board chair Myeni expected to take stand at Zondo Inquiry today
The inquiry has already heard how she and her board overturned procurement decisions made by executives and awarded contracts without tenders.
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Ex-Denel exec Mlambo 'didn’t understand' how Gupta company was awarded contract
Mlambo has testified at the state capture commission about the company that other officials raised alarm about when it was awarded a 10-year contract beyond the maximum three years that Denel had set as policy.
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Ngubane explains Essa email involvement in Zola Tsotsi's removal at Eskom
Advocate Pule Seleka asked ben Ngubane if he was communicating with Essa about Tsotsi's removal through an email called 'businessman'.
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I refused to sign approval for Gupta TNA breakfasts, Venete Klein tells Zondo
Klein was at the state capture commission on Thursday following Tsotsi’s testimony over the past two days.
