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The list of NPA state capture arrests starts to grow

Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.

Brian Molefe calls for investigation of Glencore’s South African operations

Former Eskom chief executive says Zondo Commission was ‘very sympathetic’ towards Glencore’s relationship with Ramaphosa

Eskom’s coal supply threatened by foiled Optimum deal, Zondo inquiry hears

​The decision taken by then Eskom CEO Brian Molefe to give Optimum coal mine the cold shoulder jeopardised the coal supply to the Hendrina station

During his testimony on Tuesday Eskom official Snehal Nagar was asked to detail the events that led to the controversial R659-million prepayment being made to Gupta-owned Tegeta. (eNCA)

Zondo commission: Eskom ‘fooled the system’ to pay the Guptas

Eskom was effectively ‘fooling the system’ when it made a multimillion-rand prepayment to the Guptas for coal from the ailing Optimum coal mine

Last week the commission, chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, heard evidence of how the utility allegedly supported the Guptas’ mining interests. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Eskom’s Gupta ties continue to be probed at Zondo inquiry

Snehal Nagar and Gert Opperman from Eskom’s primary energy division will testify at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on Tuesday

KwaZulu-Natal residents who are unemployed, financially struggling and hungry have lambasted Eskom’s proposed 36.1% tariff hike. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Guptas’ Eskom shenanigans exposed at Zondo inquiry

"Eskom allegedly gave Tegeta preferential treatment even though the coal it supplied from its Brakfontein mine did not pass quality checks."

Former Eskom chief executive, Brian Molefe.

Molefe blamed for Eskom’s coal supply woes

During his testimony before the commission, Glencore executive Clinton Ephron detailed the events that led to Optimum going into business rescue

(Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Zondo commission to hear how the Guptas nabbed their Optimum coal mine

Former Glencore CEO Clinton Ephron will take the stand on Wednesday and is set to outline how the company was pressured into selling the Optimum mine

Former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Zwane’s role in alleged Eskom corruption ‘cannot be ignored’

The former minister’s role in Gupta-owned Tegeta’s acquisition of the Optimum Coal Mine is to be closely probed by Zondo commission

The Gupta brothers are the most recent additions to the 1?300-page United States blacklist. (Muntu Vilakazi/City Press/Gallo)

Banks called out over Gupta heists

A new report focuses on the role of financial institutions in the illicit movement of of money

“With respect to reference to litigation, this means that the IDC has instituted legal action to recover the R37.5-million as well as the R250-million in accrued interest,” says Patel. (David Harrison/M&G)

Legal wrangle over Gupta-linked Shiva Uranium loan still ongoing — Patel

Earlier this year, Shiva Uranium was one of eight Gupta-owned companies that underwent business rescue processes

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Treasury confirmation — Eskom looting was an inside job

The revelations are contained in a near 500 page draft forensic report by national treasury into the capture of Eskom and Transnet

“With 200 000 abortions a year in South Africa — and many of these are repeat abortions; not a second

Lily Mine gets a second wind

​The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources has said it welcomes a report recommending the reopening of the mine

Pay dirt: Tegeta’s shareholding has led to an intense scrutiny of Eskom’s curious contracts with the company’s mines and several investigations are underway.

Tegeta’s mines ‘riddled with non-compliance’

The mines are largely viable as mining operations, but optimal function requires the ‘right management’, members of parliament heard on Wednesday

“Because a 50% or 60% [debt to GDP ratio] is not such a bad figure if the composition of expenditure is such that the bulk of it is an investment rather than in consumption,” says Nhlanhla Nene.

Bizarre battles in Gupta rescue

The companies and the IDC are strange partners in court cases against the business rescue team

The coal stockpile levels are at 35 days

Eskom promises no load shedding

The utility has said it is sourcing additional coal from suppliers to ensure that there are outages this winter

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Eskom isn’t bailing out Gupta-linked mine

The power utility has rubbished claims it is bailing out Optimum Coal Mine

Mosebenzi Zwane, The chairperson of parliament’s portfolio committee for transport, will be indicted for the dairy farm scandal this week

Parliament legal resources stretched as Zwane inquiry looms

Parliament has only 9 legal advisers but there are currently more than 40 committees in the House and five state capture inquiries to be established

Indian businessmen

Court orders preservation order for Guptas’ mine rehabilitation funds

The Bank of Baroda was the only bank willing to transact with the Guptas after the "big four" banks in South Africa foreclosed on them.

Business rescue pracitioners Kurt Knoop

Gupta firms are viable but …

The banks are fighting shy of the politically hot companies, putting business rescue in jeopardy