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Jeff Wiggill

First Strut: How to fake BEE credentials
Article
/ 23 August 2013

First Strut: How to fake BEE credentials

The firm’s empowerment certificates were plainly fraudulent – and evidence suggests it wasn’t alone.

By Phillip De Wet
Who was Jeff Wiggill?
Article
/ 22 August 2013

Who was Jeff Wiggill?

Jeff Wiggill, the billionaire founder of one of SA’s largest business empires, was killed on a dusty road outside Soweto. But who was he really?

By Phillip De Wet
Medupi, the murder and the mega fraud
Article
/ 2 August 2013

Medupi, the murder and the mega fraud

Allegations of fraud related to Eskom’s ill-starred Medupi and Kusile power station projects have begun to emerge from the collapse of First Strut.

By Sam Sole Author, Sally Evans and Sam Sole
First Strut’s Wiggill may have planned own death
Article
/ 2 August 2013

First Strut’s Wiggill may have planned own death

But some think First Strut boss’s "suicide" sparked an opportunistic plot to cover up massive fraud.

By Phillip De Wet and Sam Sole

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