SIU to probe SABC’s Gupta-linked New Age breakfast briefings
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the SIU to investigate the allegations of corruption and maladministration between the SABC and The New Age Media (TNA).
The New Age newspaper’s business breakfast briefings, hosted by the SABC, featured interviews with ministers and top executives from state institutions.
The State Capture Commission found that the now-defunct newspaper was a conduit of state capture for the Gupta family.
The SIU says the probe will include any irregular, unlawful, or improper conduct by state officials or employees at TNA Media as far back as 2011.
Spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says the SIU will also investigate alleged funding by state entities Eskom, Transnet, PetroSA, South African Airways, and the National Department of Human Settlements.
“The investigation will focus on whether the agreement between SABC and TNA Media was concluded in a manner that was not fair, competitive, transparent, equitable, or cost-effective or in violation of applicable legislation, guidelines, or instructions from the National Treasury and related unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditures incurred by the state institutions or losses suffered by the state institutions or the state,” Kganyago said.
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