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#Guptaleaks: How the family encircled Lynne Brown
2 August, 2017
But was it a trap for a target or a cocoon for an ally?.
#GuptaLeaks: Top Zuma bodyguard in kickback scandal
28 July, 2017
The head of the presidential protection service received R700 000 to pay the shortfall on his upmarket house from one of his unit's key suppliers.
Statement: BLF-linked disruption of amaB #GuptaLeaks town hall discussion
The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism deplores the disruption of our town hall event last night.
#GuptaLeaks: Let’s hear it for the good guys
27 July, 2017
We take a look at those who did not yield to pressure.
EXCLUSIVE: Indian IT guru linked to fake WMC sites
26 July, 2017
The sites appear to be South African and focus almost exclusively on attacking legitimate news sources.
#GuptaLeaks: Another software giant implicated in ‘kickback’ payments
25 July, 2017
Software AG has been caught red-handed entering questionable commission agreements with a Gupta-controlled company.
#GuptaLeaks: Gupta spin machine commissioned BLF’s Mngxitama
24 July, 2017
A new email suggests the BLF leader not only met the Guptas, but that he received an instruction from the family to write a column about Alec Hogg.
The #GuptaLeaks microsite: your one-stop shop
22 July, 2017
The #GuptaLeaks microsite: your one-stop shop.
Eskom admits lying on Trillian
21 July, 2017
The power utility finally comes clean about how it paid a Gupta-linked firm almost half a billion rand for consulting work.
How Gupta associates ‘fleeced’ Cosatu in HQ deal
Evidence suggests an influential Gupta associate and a future Eskom acting CEO colluded in a deal that fleeced the trade union federation of millions.
#GuptaLeaks: The captured presidency
19 July, 2017
The Guptas targeted officials holding positions of personal trust closest to President Jacob Zuma, offering gifts, favours and business deals.
#GuptaLeaks: How Guptas picked up military vets’ conference tab
18 July, 2017
Emails reveal that the Guptas foot the bill for the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans’ Association’s four-day national general council in 2010.
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