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Speaking to a former SABC staff Josais Scott at the Zondo Commission on Tuesday, he said that their system was flawed and could have cost the public broadcaster thousands in revenue.

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On a new order by the Deputy Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo issued on Tuesday, state capture legal team will be investigating thoroughly to find

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#StateCaptureInquiry: TNA and ANN7 were punished for reporting on 'white collar corporate capture' – Manyi

#StateCaptureInquiry: TNA and ANN7 were punished for reporting on ‘white collar corporate capture’ – Manyi

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Former head of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) Mzwanele Manyi says The New Age (TNA) newspaper and its sister news channel ANN7 were “punished” for reporting on “white collar corporate capture”.

Manyi bought TNA and ANN7 from the Gupta family in 2017. The media companies went under about a year later.

Appearing before the state capture commission of inquiry on…

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And on the day I choose casual, just see who comes to see me .. guess who? Okay let me tell you. It's Jimmy Manyi, former CEO of GCIS and now media mogul ... I love my job, I meet some famous people #ann7 #thenewage #media #communications #news #bringingnewstothepeople #casualfriday #masterofceremonies #handshake #enchante #pleasedtomeetyou

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BLF welcome the Guptas-Manyi deal

BLF welcome the Guptas-Manyi deal

Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments has sold ANN7 and the New Age newspaper to Mzwanele Manyi’s Lodidox and Management for a total of four hundred and 50 million rand. The agreement is expected to be concluded over the next few weeks, subject to any regulatory requirements. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news

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THE BEACH BOYS - BARBARA ANN7 - FAUSTO RAMOS

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The corporate logo on the deserted plot in a grim industrial park near

Johannesburg

is broken. At the front, a “To Let” sign hints at a business in decay. A solitary security guard emerges and orders a visitor to leave the premises of

Sahara Computers

.

The company was once at the heart of the mining-to-media empire established by the Gupta family that has been embroiled in South Africa’s biggest political scandal of the democratic era. Now its abandonment epitomises the three Indian-born brothers’ dramatic fall since Jacob Zuma lost a power struggle in the ruling African National Congress and was forced to step down as president in February.

A coal mine that was acquired by the family from Glencore, the Swiss-based group, two years ago went into administration last week. According to company records, seven other Gupta-affiliated businesses have also filed for administration – including the company owning Sahara’s building, says the Organisation for Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), a non-governmental organisation that fights corruption.

Even the family’s private plane has been caught up in the saga after Canada’s export development bank – which funded the Bombardier jet’s purchase – went to court to take it back, according to legal documents. ANN7, a television station set up by the family but now owned by a Gupta associate, will not have its broadcasting contract renewed. And India’s state-owned Bank of Baroda, the only institution in South Africa that still banked the Guptas, will be leaving the country soon.

“The political power of the Guptas has been eliminated. They are totally exposed at the moment,” says Ben Theron, chief operating officer of Outa. “This empire is imploding at a very rapid rate.”

String of scandals

The Guptas rubbed shoulders with the political elite for years after moving from India to South Africa in the early 1990s. But after Zuma took office in 2009, they became associated with a string of scandals as allegations swirled that they used their friendship with the then-president to influence political appointments and win state business.

Duduzane Zuma, the former president’s son, had holdings in, and was a director of, several Gupta companies. Police raided the Guptas’ mansion in Johannesburg on St Valentine’s Day – stunning South Africans almost as much as Zuma’s own dramatic resignation later that day.

Several family associates were arrested, but the Gupta brothers were nowhere to be seen. They are believed to have fled the country and headed to Dubai, where they own a mansion, according to leaked emails from a Gupta-linked company.

Police have said Ajay Gupta, eldest of the three brothers, is a “fugitive from justice”. On Friday last, police said the Guptas’ lawyers had challenged the arrest warrant issued for Ajay. But they declined to confirm whether Duduzane Zuma was also being treated as a suspect in corruption investigations.

The Zumas and Guptas have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. For years the Indian brothers were considered untouchable as they flaunted their wealth and political connections even as the allegations mounted.

The outcome of the investigations into the family will be an important marker of the anti-corruption battle now being launched by Zuma’s successor, Cyril Ramaphosa. His election as ANC leader in December is considered the moment the tide turned against the Guptas. Within weeks, prosecutors made their first move – seizing 200 million rand (€14 million) from a Gupta-linked dairy that allegedly diverted government funds meant for a development project.

Ill-gotten gains

However, there are doubts that South Africa will claw back more than a small fraction of the state funds allegedly stolen by the family and their associates. Financial officials warn that most of the Guptas’ alleged ill-gotten gains have long since been moved abroad or frittered away on luxuries.

“My guess is they have very little cash left in South Africa,” says one official. “I don’t think the net assets that remain [in the country] are very large ... and these things may take years to untangle.”

Theron believes the seizure of the dairy’s assets and Bank of Baroda’s decision to close in South Africa has led to cash drying up inside the Gupta empire, forcing the business closures.

If South African authorities decide to mount an international search for Gupta-tied money, one area of focus is likely to be Dubai. When Atul Gupta filed legal papers to challenge a court order freezing 10 million rand (€700,000) in his bank account this month, his affidavit was signed at the South African consulate in Dubai.

The Guptas allegedly own a large Indian-style mansion in the plush gated community of Emirates Hills, one of the city’s most exclusive estates. Julius Malema, leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters, alleged two years ago that Zuma and certain ministers personally delivered bags of cash to the Guptas in Dubai.

Zuma and the ministers denied the allegations.

The UAE’s lack of extradition treaties and the political protection offered by some senior Emiratis means that the well-connected and wealthy use the country as a place to evade justice. However, South African officials and civil society activists believe that international protection will not last for ever.

“It will be very important that our criminal justice system does whatever it can to bring the Guptas back to South Africa,” says Gareth Newham, analyst at South Africa’s Institute for Security Studies. “In order to rebuild the public trust in [the system ]that was so damaged under the Zuma presidency, this is priority number one.” – Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2018

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As Zimbabweans we dont want movement from one tyrant to another...and you must understand that he (Mugabe) wasnt the only one running the government [e.g recently axed deputy president]...[or committing the]crimes against humanity including the genocide [gukurahundi].

Dr Charles  Sinkala, ANN7

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#BizPrime NUMBER OF THE DAY: R450 million

#BizPrime NUMBER OF THE DAY: R450 million

The number of the day is R450 million. In a sale announced today, this is the price tag for two media companies owned by the controversial Gupta family. Gupta owned Oakbay Investment is selling its 24-hour news channel, ANN7, and New Age newspaper, to a company owned by a former government spokesperson, Mzwanele Manyi. Well, media bosses have been skeptical given the fortunes of those channels,…

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LIVESTREAM: State capture inquiry hears ANN7 evidence

The Commission is expected to hear evidence from former Household Manager at Mahlamba Ndlopfu, Ramaru Mekgwe; current Household Manager at Mahlamba Ndlopfu, Jacques Human and former SABC journalist Gillian Pillay.

https://www.enca.com/news/livestream-state-capture-inquiry-hears-ann7-evidence

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[Watch]. Looks like the Public Hearing Into Land Expropriation was an election campaign. This clip is from BCF president, Vukulu Sizwe Maphindani 's interview on ANN7 last year July discussing the Public Hearing on Land Expropriation https://www.instagram.com/p/B2jrpKxnabf/?igshid=q7qculqiq8da

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Ex-South African president Jacob Zuma says he helped Gupta household set up media empire; denies having damaged regulation

http://tinyurl.com/y2k86x4h Johannesburg: South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, going through allegations of corruption, has advised an inquiry that he initiated the thought of getting an “various media” within the nation that led to the controversial Indian-origin Gupta household establishing their media empire. File Picture of Jacob Zuma Reuters Zuma, who was compelled to resign as president in February 2018, appeared for the primary time on Monday on the inquiry, which is investigating allegations that he oversaw an online of corruption throughout his time period in workplace. The allegations towards 77-year-old Zuma concentrate on his relationship with the Gupta household, which was accused of influencing Cupboard appointments and successful profitable state tenders via corruption. “I’ve been vilified, alleged to be the king of corrupt individuals,” Zuma advised the inquiry led by Decide Ray Zondo. Zuma advised the decide that he had conceived the thought of getting an “various media” in South Africa as a result of “the media on this nation may be very biased; in any respect materials instances, simply vital”. The Zondo Fee is inquiring into allegations of “state seize” throughout Zuma’s rule. Zuma mentioned the African Nationwide Congress (ANC) had been attempting to determine some media as an “various” voice, however regardless of attempting by partnering with different individuals, this by no means labored. He had then recommended {that a} newspaper be established, which the ANC had agreed to. This led to him approaching the Guptas with the thought. “They appeared to be heat to the thought,” Zuma mentioned, including that he and ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe met the Guptas to additional focus on the thought. “When (the Guptas) have been prepared with the thought, they mentioned to me: ‘Give us a reputation; we do not know what to name this newspaper’.” He gave them some names of newspapers through the freedom wrestle, from which they chose ‘The New Age’. “When this paper was working and actually being appreciated on this nation to usher in another voice, … I questioned whether or not I may push them additional,” he mentioned. “I recommended the paper to them; I recommended the [TV] channel [ANN7]. The Guptas partnered with a media home in India to determine the ANN7 channel, which was closed down after allegations of their involvement in “state seize” emerged. The New Age was earlier first offered to a person with controversial vendor financing from the Guptas, but in addition shut down after being economically unviable. “Any individual can then say we have been abusing this friendship. It was by no means the opposite approach spherical,” Zuma mentioned. “It is me who put them into bother as a result of I mentioned your paper is so profitable and so your TV factor may be profitable. “They agreed and mentioned it is a good suggestion and so they moved on it. There was no regulation damaged there. There was no improper factor performed,” he mentioned. “ANN7 introduced contemporary air within the nation by way of reporting; by way of placing throughout progressive concepts,” the previous president mentioned. “It was by no means a again door factor or there’s corruption about it. By no means.” Zuma mentioned he discovered the Gupta household “very pleasant”. “I by no means did something with them unlawfully. They simply remained pals, as they have been pals to all people else,” Zuma mentioned, including that that they had additionally been pals of former presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. He objected to allegations that he had allowed the state to be “captured” by the household, and had auctioned the nation, the BBC reported. “Did I public sale Desk Mountain? Did I public sale Johannesburg?” he mentioned. Zuma resigned as president in February final 12 months after large outcries over his alleged involvement in corrupt and unlawful actions that left quite a few authorities departments bankrupt. He was changed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was subsequently re-elected throughout a nationwide election. The fee had heard proof from quite a few witnesses, together with former ministers of state, implicating Zuma in a spread of actions, amongst them his closeness to the three Gupta brothers who allegedly fleeced quite a few authorities organisations of billions of rand. Zuma has repeatedly denied these allegations. The Gupta household, initially from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, rose to energy within the IT, mining and media sectors after coming to South Africa as the brand new democracy dawned underneath President Nelson Mandela. The household has since relocated to Dubai amid requires them to come back and testify earlier than the Fee. The eldest brother, Ajay Gupta, earlier supplied to testify within the digicam however not in individual, which was declined by the chairman of the Fee, Decide Zondo. Various former senior members of presidency testified that that they had been advised by the Gupta brothers about their imminent appointment by Zuma and about their appointment as ministers even earlier than the previous President had known as them. Your information to the newest cricket World Cup tales, evaluation, experiences, opinions, stay updates and scores on https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019.html. 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South Africa: ANN7 Launch Was a Disaster, Ex-Editor Tells Inquiry

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South Africa: ANN7 Launch Was a Disaster, Ex-Editor Tells Inquiry

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Mzwanele Manyi on the New Age, ANN7 acquisition

Mzwanele Manyi on the New Age, ANN7 acquisition

Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments has sold TV News Channel ANN7 and the New Age newspaper to Mzwanele Manyi’s Lodidox and Management for a total of 4 hundred and 50 million rand. The agreement is expected to be concluded over the next few weeks, subject to any regulatory requirements. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news