New information shows a Gupta web was spun around the Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown. But was it a trap for a target or a cocoon for an ally? By AMABHUNGANE and SCORPIO.
The board of Eskom that took office in December 2014 will have to be investigated by law enforcement authorities to determine their culpability in the irregular and wasteful R43-million contract entered into between the power utility and Gupta-owned TNA Media to sponsor its business breakfasts. Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo states in his first report of the state capture commission that he chairs, that “while accountability structures are indeed useful, if the board of a public entity fails in its duties to ensure that they are observed, they will prove useless in the fight against irregular and wasteful expenditure.”