Spotlight returns to Molefe, Singh’s ‘apprenticeship in thievery’ at Transnet before Eskom’s looting

A dozen years after their accelerating exercise in State plunder began, former Transnet and Eskom bosses Brian Molefe and Anoj Singh are back in the spotlight after this week’s court appearance. Civic society body OUTA played a major role in accumulating evidence that put them in the dock. OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage reminds us how the Gupta family used willing puppets like Molefe and Singh to fleece tens of billions from South African taxpayers through inflated contracts with Chinese suppliers. Duvenage spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

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