Guptas

 

The mafia state is in full swing

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There is no longer a crystal-clear difference between the current state of our democracy and the telltale signs of a mafia state. That, in its essence, is the nexus insight from Jacques Pauw’s new book, The President’s Keepers, which is why the responses from various parts of the ANC-led government and state are as hysterical..
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SAPS Spent More Than R52m On 169 Torches – The Cost To You And Me R300,000 A Pop 

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Scorpio: SAPS forensic torch contract – an R1bn gift that keeps on giving   South African taxpayers have forked out around R1-billion for the supply and maintenance of specialist forensic lights to SAPS. Businessman Keith Keating, director of Forensic Data Analysts, implicated in an IPID investigation into the payment of kickbacks to former acting SAPS..
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Ben Martins denies Gupta ‘tea party’ with Eskom legal head

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Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Ben Martins has denied meeting suspended Eskom head of legal Suzanne Daniels with Ajay Gupta and Duduzane Zuma in a flat near Melrose Arch in 2017. “I am perplexed by Ms Suzanne Daniels’ testimony to the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom,” he said in a statement on Thursday. “She falsely claimed that..
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Pauw Gets Death Threats Over Zuma Book

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Investigative journalist and author Jacques Pauw.  “If you don’t stop writing about Jacob Zuma‚ you are going to be dead.” That is the message investigative journalist and author of The President’s Keepers‚ Jacques Pauw‚ says he received from an anonymous caller on Monday evening. “I received a call from a private number while I was..
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Here’s How To Nail A Number One Gangster

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Notorious Chicago gangster Alphonse Gabriel Capone was widely assumed to have been the brains behind the bloody 1929 Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, a plot to kill the head of the rival North Side Gang, Bugs Moran. Capone’s men rented an apartment across from a warehouse that served as Moran’s headquarters. On February 14 that year,..
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Take Your Money Out Of South Africa, Says Economist

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“Take your money out of South Africa. This country is in deep trouble.” This is the shattering advice given by Efficient Group’s chief economist Dawie Roodt following the release of the auditor-general’s report on national irregular expenditure. The report showed that irregular expenditure increased 55% since the previous year to R45.6billion and could rise to..
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State capture fiasco shows why collaboration is key to tackling global crime networks

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Lord Peter Hain tabled a series of allegations in the UK’s House of Lords relating to the possible role of British banks in alleged money laundering and illicit financial transactions centred around President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family. The Conversation Africa’s Charles Leonard asked him to explain why he took the step. Hain, who..
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Exposing Zwane’s ‘Job-Saving’ LIES: Guptas Simply Moving Their Loot Offshore.

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Both the Guptas and Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane seem to both sing from the same Bell Pottinger inspired hymn sheet. When questioned in Parliament about how and why he pushed for Oakbay and Guptas to bully their way through and ultimately take ownership (in a hugely controversial way) of Glencore’s Optimum coal mine; Zwane said the deal arose..
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How World Sees South Africa: HSBC ‘Ignored’ Warnings Over Illicit Gupta Transfers

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  JOHANNESBURG — Pressure will be mounting on UK headquartered bank HSBC to act swiftly on alleged transgressions regarding Gupta money laundering. Renowned anti-Apartheid activist, Lord Peter Hain, on Wednesday announced in the UK’s House of Lords that he had handed over evidence to authorities regarding the Guptas’ illicit outflows. Hain, in his speech, said that the “illegal transfers of..
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Stock Market Artist Fined R100k For Giving Gupta The Middle Finger In Masterful Oakbay Trades – BRILLIANT!

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 “I feel vindicated that Oakbay is now delisted.” EDINBURGH — James Gubb is a highly experienced stock market trader who has turned to fine art – painting and other ethereal techniques and materials. He has executed a truly masterful piece of protest art aimed at helping South Africans join the dots about the Zuma, Gupta and..
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This Is Why The SSA Wants Jacques Pauw’s Zuma Book Gone

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Pauw’s allegations are a startling indictment of South Africa’s intelligence agencies and their relationship with President Jacob Zuma A top-secret state intelligence programme had allegedly guzzled as much as R1-billion of taxpayers’ money in just three years. Intelligence operatives were used to get Zuma off the hook on 783 counts of fraud, corruption and racketeering…
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Publisher Of Explosive Zuma Book Stands Firm Against Spy Agency Threats

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“When you speak to truth to power, there are risks involved… There is a legal process afoot, and we will respond to the SSA’s lawyers next week.” The publisher of investigative journalist Jacques Pauw’s controversial book says they knew there would be risks involved when speaking truth to power. NB Publishers CEO Eloise Wessels, whose..
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Peter Hain’s “Smoking Gun” – Provides Bank Accounts Detailing How Guptas Took Billions From South Africa

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  LONDON — Renowned anti-Apartheid activist, Lord Peter Hain, drove a very deep nail into the Zupta coffin in the UK’s House of Lords on Wednesday. In a speech that was televised live, Hain said he has handed over a “smoking gun” to the UK Treasury – documents revealing details of money laundered by the Guptas from South Africa..
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Open Letter To Zuma -Your Vision For This Once Beautiful Country Is A Huge Fat “For Sale” Sign!

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Good day Mr President! Firstly, I know you’re a fucktard, so lets cut the pleasantries and get down to business! This Country is my Country – one that my forefathers built with pride and dignity – something every moral fibre in your being is devoid of! In 1994, I voted for change, the change that..
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New York Times Paints Grim Picture Of South Africa’s Relentless Poverty, Post-Apartheid

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Starting in Crossroads, Cape Town, this New York Times piece is essential reading for every South African who simply by dint of living here, often cannot see the wood for the trees. It traverses the lives of every income cut of Black South Africans, exposing us to the harsh realities and simmering disillusionment born of a new democracy that..
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