Daily Maverick allegedly orchestrated and financially sponsored a smear campaign against prominent politicians, businessmen and executives, says a former contributor.
He added in another tweet: “I took a decision to stop writing & sending my articles to the Daily Maverick. They only publish articles where you criticize black leaders/ANC or EFF. Once you start writing abt anything which is seen as “anti white” they have a problem.”
They claimed the duo benefited from VBS bank looting and used their powerful positions to score tenders in the Johannesburg and Tshwane metros, where the EFF was until recently part of coalition governments. Modiba said his relationship with Daily Maverick, which is funded by undisclosed “donors”, started last year when he approached the publication asking to contribute opinion pieces.
Around that time, Modiba added, he received a call from one of the Daily Maverick editors commissioning stories about Survé and the PIC commission. “I think they resorted to students because they once started using social media influencers. The people or the audience realised that these were paid for. They moved away from using social media influencers and are now using students as they realised that they are gullible. They are using young people and are conditioning them to believe their propaganda.”
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