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.
German IT giant T-Systems scored one of the biggest Gupta-linked State Capture contracts in South Africa, with links to both Transnet and Eskom. Despite glaring evidence available in the public domain, the findings of the Zondo Commission and a fresh criminal investigation in Germany, South Afr.
German prosecutors are investigating the South African arm of IT company T-systems, a subsidiary of Deutsch Telekom, for possible wrongdoing in its dealings with Transnet, according to weekend reports in German media.