Family interests behind the prospective new owners of Tongaat Hulett appear to have circumstantial links to a web of companies suspected of shifting money offshore.
VAT fraud involving the export of illegal gold cost the South African fiscus tens of billions of rands, according to the SA Revenue Service. The details have emerged in a highly sensitive tax case that exposes a shadowy underworld of Krugerrands, scrap jewellery, illegal mining and fake invoice.