That the Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments’s PR people knew about Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane’s proposed commission on South Africa’s banks ahead of its release “raises fresh questions about Zwane’s proximity to the Gupta family”.
That’s according to Fin24‚ which reported that Bell Pottinger “knew about the recommendations for a judicial inquiry into South Africa’s banks at least seven weeks before it was controversially published”.
Zuma dodges Gupta parliamentary question
Cabinet and the Presidency both distanced themselves from Zwane’s “findings”‚ which he released at the start of September. But‚ reported Fin24‚ the PR company had his these “findings” in its possession “as early as July 15 when they tried to leak a copy of the document to the media”.
“The firm further recommended that Fin24 speak directly to Zwane and provided us contact details for the minister‚” the website reported.
Zwane has been criticised for his role in helping a Gupta family business interest buy Glencore’s Optimum coal mining operation.
— TMG Digital
Gupta’s PR people had prior knowledge of Zwane’s banks inquiry plans - report
That the Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments’s PR people knew about Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane’s proposed commission on South Africa’s banks ahead of its release “raises fresh questions about Zwane’s proximity to the Gupta family”.
That’s according to Fin24‚ which reported that Bell Pottinger “knew about the recommendations for a judicial inquiry into South Africa’s banks at least seven weeks before it was controversially published”.
Zuma dodges Gupta parliamentary question
Cabinet and the Presidency both distanced themselves from Zwane’s “findings”‚ which he released at the start of September. But‚ reported Fin24‚ the PR company had his these “findings” in its possession “as early as July 15 when they tried to leak a copy of the document to the media”.
“The firm further recommended that Fin24 speak directly to Zwane and provided us contact details for the minister‚” the website reported.
Zwane has been criticised for his role in helping a Gupta family business interest buy Glencore’s Optimum coal mining operation.
— TMG Digital
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