At the height of Transnet corruption, a central figure played a critical role in helping the Guptas loot the state-owned ports and freight railway agency.
Transnet is struggling. The embattled freight railway and ports company owned by the South African state has faced corruption, setbacks and delays that have cost the public billions. But while some key figures have been criminally charged, others at the centre of Transnet’s capture and near.
The Guptas’ poisonous legacy still haunts the diamond coast of the Northern Cape. Alexkor, the state diamond mine at the mouth of the Orange River, ‘has been destroyed by corruption and State Capture’ its miners say.