SCORPIO: LEST WE FORGET: Everyone but the Guptas feels the heat as SA ups the ante on State Capture prosecutions

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South Africa has upped the ante on State Capture prosecutions. Gupta fingerprints are all over the proverbial State Capture crime scene. But for now, it is their henchmen, enablers and former business partners taking the rap.

While authorities ponder extradition options to smoke the Guptas out of their international hideout, the controversial brothers and Salim Essa – the unofficial fourth brother – remain conspicuous in their absence, in a range of high-profile court cases playing out in South Africa.

The National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate produced a charge sheet in a Free State case with Atul and Rajesh Gupta and their wives as accused. But then, for strategic reasons, At issue in that case is a R93-million payment that Trillian received from Transnet in 2015 for work the parastatal had already paid Regiments Capital for. Yet, strikingly absent from the first appearance on Friday was Essa, who was the majority shareholder of Trillian until mid-2017.

At the time of her appearance and release on bail of R20,000, Ragavan was already out on R10,000 bail – for fraud and money laundering charges in both her personal capacity and as director of the Gupta-owned Islandsite Investments 180. The second case relates to aIn the second case, commonly referred to as the Nulane matter, Ragavan is accused number eight, alongside former Gupta business associate Sharma, his brother in-law, Dinesh Patel, and three former Free State government officials.

, with various critical departments all placing the responsibility at the door of the Department of Justice and NPA.that is simply not good enough. Given the seminal nature of the case against the Guptas and the damage caused, South Africans deserve to know what else is being done to find them, to seek their extradition and to put them on trial.

It’s close on three years since the NPA began that fight and it is still not done, Regiments now heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal after the NPA recently secured a final restraint order for more than R1-billion.

 

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As there's no political will to get the Guptas back, it serves the GuptaEnablers right that they are left to face the music on their own! I have ZERO sympathy for the many ANCDeployees who were richly bribed to help them to loot & destroy our Govt Depts & SOEs!!

If they ever see the inside of a jail cell it will be a miracle. They will all suddenly become gravely 'ill', unfit to stand trial. Then the Stalingrad tactics will be deployed leading to endless incomprehensible postponements and ultimate failure to bring these crooks to book.

What about Ramaphosa's footprints? GLENCOR AND BOSASA 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

After 2 years, nothing....

As we wait, more than 2 years now...

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