The Zondo commission has once again heard evidence of the Gupta family's attempts to get a hold of millions of rand worth of marketing budgets at state-owned enterprises.
The Zondo commission has once again heard evidence of the Gupta family's attempts to get a hold of millions of rand worth of marketing budgets at state-owned enterprises Mkwanazi was appointed to chair Transnet's board in December 2010 and in January 2011 he got a call from Tony Gupta, who told him that he had obtained his number from then minister of public enterprises Malusi Gigaba.
Mkwanazi explained that he had been immediately asked by Gupta to help the family's The New Age newspaper get access to Transnet's R1 billion marketing budget. Gupta wanted the SOE to dedicate 30% to 50% of that budget to The New Age newspaper. The commission's legal team questioned Mkwanazi on media reports that followed the meeting with the Guptas. The first article said Mkwanazi was due to be removed.
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