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Kuben Moodley during day 2 of the MTN SuperSport Shootout at Zimbali Coastal Resort on June 23, 2012 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Anesh Debiky / Gallo Images)
ASHU CHAWLA

Gupta-linked ‘fraudster’ nabbed en route to Dubai

Kubentheran Moodley was caught trying to ‘flee’ to Dubai allegedly after his family was threatened by a debt collector and the state seized R232-million worth of his assets

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
Siya Kolisi. (Gallo)
ASHU CHAWLA

Gigaba visited the Guptas for ‘social cohesion reasons’

Malusi Gigaba has maintained that he did not benefit from his relationship with the Gupta family

  • Jan Gerber
4 min read
Major Kobese said he got a call from Thami Msomi, telling him there was a Mr Chawla from Sahara and Infinity Media, who needed some issues with visas cleared up. (David Harrison/M&G)
ASHU CHAWLA

Gigaba’s chief of staff ‘instructed’ official to help with Gupta-linked visas

Major Kobese has admitted that he intervened on behalf of the Guptas and Chawla with regards to visa applications

  • Jan Gerber
3 min read
Chawla has been named as a crucial witness to appear before the committee, but although he became a naturalised South African citizen 17 years ago, the committee has had no luck finding him. (Gallo Images)
AJAY GUPTA

Chawla demanded a luxury flight to Gupta naturalisation inquiry

The Gupta lieutenant said his immediate return to South Africa would be subject to Parliament purchasing him a business-class flight

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
Brian Currin says he emphasised that the emails on the CD could only be published after the whistle-blowers had left the country. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
ASHU CHAWLA

#StateCaptureInquiry: Whistle-blowers, clones of hard drives and secret meetings

In what has proven to be a testimony made of thriller movie revelations, the state capture commission heard the backstory to the #GuptaLeaks emails

  • Mashadi Kekana
4 min read
Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)
ASHU CHAWLA

Editorial: Definition of state capture

It is documented widely that the Gupta family has amassed a fortune through businesses that have, at various times, intersected with the state

  • Editorial
1 min read
Ashu Chawla (middle)(Image: Abigail Javier)
ASHU CHAWLA

How Home Affairs was Gupta’d

Ashu Chawla’s whereabouts remain unknown and the explanation his lawyer has given to MPs eagerly anticipating his testimony is suspicious

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
“From where I am sitting, I haven’t come across any inkling that there was corrupt activity, so for me I am comfortable in the role I played,” says Major Kobese. (David Harrison/M&G)
AJAY GUPTA

How the Guptas may have got their home affairs man in India

Major Kobese — a former director in the department’s foreign office — could not explain why he sent an email to Ashu Chawla’s email address

  • Raeesa Pather
3 min read
Chawla has been named as a crucial witness to appear before the committee, but although he became a naturalised South African citizen 17 years ago, the committee has had no luck finding him. (Gallo Images)
ASHU CHAWLA

Parliament considers summoning Gupta lieutenant Ashu Chawla

Chawla is a citizen of South Africa, and the portfolio committee on home affairs wants him for questioning

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read