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If they want to depend on deals then it means their case is weak. You arrest the lot and see if any capitulate but you must still have a fundamentally strong case. Plea deals must be for jail time and info on where the loot is stashed.
In this day & age of sophisticated frauds, can you explain how NPA's case would be strong? Do you reckon guptas did an EFT with description like 'bribe for eskom' or 'bribe for that thing' etc? Or sent a signed document of bribery agreement by courier to detail the plans which was intercepted by NPA?
They can never be over confident on the strength of the case so it will not hurt to explore the possibility of turning the lowlifes against each other to strengthen their case.
You're oversimplifying, I am aware of the fact that the length of time lapsed plus the capture of law enforcement in the past gave the scum time and opportunity to hide their misdeeds. But we have seen what reliance on state witnesses can do to a case. Remember Shrien on his wife's murder. Magashule and the PA who had placed him in that corruption case? Witnesses recant when threatened or paid.
Yes, I am oversimplifying and I really hope NPA has some kind of evidence. Guptas would have used cash and I doubt if they communicated much over mails etc.
Everything Molefe touches, turns to schit
Don't be silly, this is South Africa's thieving nouveau riche - bereft of any class or breeding.
Regiments / Trillion capital, very quickly paid back R700m to the transnet pension fund.
you sure about this? I think he was decently successful at PIC & transnet and even at eskom for a bit although at eskom it was probably due to lack of power demand that he managed load shedding.
I hope it is so. In case of such transfer of funds, I think they have pretty much mastered the game. Owners of the company that benefits is never ever owned by actual politician/minister but some cousin/friend/distant relative or some trusted lackey of theirs. Surely, this must make it exceedingly difficult to tie them to the crime?
He did well before he met the Guptas. He seems to be a competent leader, but once he worked for the Guptas then he worked against the good of the orgs he led. I don't think he did anything good at Eskom, he contributed to the current mess as during his tenure and Koko's they burnt diesel and didn't do maintenance to keep up with demand. His job was to weaken controls and he took Gupta orders throughout his appointments except maybe the PIC.
People on Mybb often struggle to differentiate between corrupt and incompetent people, I've had that discussion many times on here.
yeah, he was somewhat like hansie cronje before brown guys got to him. Pity how the western education never helps once you meet these asians.
uBaba, Hlaudi and I have always known there is something wrong with western education, but no one listens to us.
The corrupt usually turn out to be incompetent - hence the vacillation back and forth between competence and corruption
As above :corruption vs competence
Not really, corruption usually entails doing the wrong thing deliberately despite you knowing better.
