Mandela and his guests
Posted on 08 Augustus 2019 by volksvryheid On 31 March 1982 Mandela was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town with Sisulu, Mhlaba and Mlangeni. Kathrada joined them in October. When he returned to the…
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Meet Peter Hain: The British Lord obsessed with exposing Zupta corruption
DECEMBER 7, 2017 LONDON — Lord Peter Hain has proved to be one of the most potent of the many weapons in South Africa’s anti-corruption army. A former Labour Party cabinet minister who graduated from the long-haired activist who…
Jacob Zuma and the Theft of South Africa
By IVOR CHIPKINDEC. 12, 2017 Photo Protesters outside the Gupta family compound in Johannesburg in April. CreditJoao Silva/The New York Times JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress will meet on Dec. 16 to elect a…
Guptas milked Transnet billions, washed it through HSBC, other banks — report
JOHANNESBURG — The Guptas effectively used a money laundering system to shift over R2bn ($160m) across the globe via international banks like HSBC and Bank of Baroda in a deal involving Transnet and China South Rail. This is according to an…
EDITORIAL: Now the world hunts Guptas
Foreign investigations may step in where South Africans are too cowardly 03 NOVEMBER 2017 – 05:38 Ajay, front, and Atul Gupta. Picture: MARTIN RHODES The skeletons are falling out of the cupboard at a furious…
UK’s Gupta probe: Joining the dots after the horse has bolted – Paul Hoffman
OCTOBER 20, 2017 JOHANNESBURG — The announcement yesterday that the UK’s Serious Fraud Office is expected to investigate whether Standard Chartered or HSBC have been exposed to alleged illicit cash outflows relating to the Guptas is sure to set…
FROM THE WSJ: The long, winding and treacherous road to the Gupta’s state capture
From Atul Gupta’s arrival in 1993, to the current fall of international companies associated with the Gupta name, the saga of SA’s state capture is a sobering read 11 OCTOBER 2017 – 12:53 GABRIELE STEINHAUSER…
What the “State Capture” report tells us about Zuma, the Guptas, and corruption in South Africa
 Can’t look. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey) WRITTEN BY Lynsey Chutel Lily Kuo November 03, 2016 Quartz Africa It’s the report that confirms South Africa’s worst fears about corruption: that the state has been captured. In…
SA’s coup has already taken place at the hands of racist Gupta family
STATE CAPTURE 25 AUGUST 2017 – 05:53 BRYAN ROSTRON  A foreign family has bought SA. They run it as a private concern, not unlike some giant spaza shop, and are subject to few regulations….
Corrupting the country’s soul, Zupta style: South Africa, you are on your own
MARIANNE THAMM SOUTH AFRICA 12 JUL 2017 12:01 (SOUTH AFRICA)  Who you gonna call? The Public Protector? Nah, she tripped up on a typo while trying to capture the Reserve Bank. Shaun Abrahams? Thieves…