Leaked records from the heart of the Gupta business empire help solve the mystery behind Denel Asia, the controversial arms marketing partnership that national treasury has tried to block. By AMABHUNGANE and SCORPIO. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The #GuptaLeaks show: The Guptas tried […]
Scorpio: Prasa – Treasury investigation recommends Sfiso Buthelezi be criminally charged
Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report “Derailed”, published in August 2015, was the first official proof that all is not well at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa). The PP found a state-owned company in the tight grip […]
#GuptaLeaks: How captured ambassador lobbied the Dutch
The government official who helped the Guptas obtain permission to land a private jet at Air Force Base Waterkloof has been using his position as South Africa’s ambassador to the Netherlands to negotiate business deals on behalf of the controversial […]
Scorpio and amaBhungane #GuptaLeaks: Delhi Daredevils staff member contacted Guptas for visa assistance
Leaked emails show that a visa application for somebody connected to the Delhi Daredevils cricket team was expedited when the side made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League T20 in South Africa in 2012. But only after he […]
amaBhungane and Scorpio #GuptaLeaks: Another CV, another Eskom chief – then cash for the Guptas
Within a week of his CV being passed to the Guptas, an old associate of Gupta lieutenant Salim Essa was given the top job at Eskom. Then the Guptas started collecting. By AMABHUNGANE and SCORPIO. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In another sign of […]
Scorpio and amaBhungane #GuptaLeaks: Bell Pottinger, ANCYL and MK veterans – the early days
A month after UK-based PR firm Bell Pottinger’s Financial and Corporate partner Victoria Geoghegan billed a Dubai-based company, part-owned by Gupta family lieutenant, Salim Essa, £100,000 for a consultation with President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma, the political spin doctors […]
SCORPIO: SA’s spy boss implicated in massive tender fraud at Prasa
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) seems to be paralysed by systemic corruption. A recent investigation by National Treasury found that only 13 out of 216 contracts awarded between 2012 and 2015, all with a value exceeding R10-million, […]
SCORPIO: In the non-surprise of the year, WMCLEAKS.com smear campaign tracked to a Gupta associate
With the costly, UK-based PR spin doctors Bell Pottinger paid-up and shipped out, South Africa’s First Family, the Guptas, scrambled to find a replacement spin machine after damning revelations of their involvement in the capture of ministers and government officials, […]
Scorpio and amaBhungane #GuptaLeaks: Direct evidence Gupta henchmen prepared fake race-baiting tweets
Scorpio has previously exposed how the Guptas and their British PR firm Bell Pottinger make use of fake social media profiles to disseminate a counter-narrative of “white monopoly capital” in order to defend their operations in South Africa. For those […]
News24 #GuptaLeaks: Guptas spied on Manuel, Malema and bank bosses
Emails and documents obtained through the #GuptaLeaks showed how the family spied on prominent South Africans, including former finance minister Trevor Manuel; his wife and Absa CEO Maria Ramos; EFF leader Julius Malema and FirstRand bosses Laurie Dippenaar and GT […]