OUTA makes 7 more submissions to the State Capture Commission
29 October 2018
After a busy few weeks of preparing submissions for the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, OUTA delivered seven new submissions to the Commission. These submissions will give the Commission insight into the acts of certain individuals as well as the irregularities at some state-owned entities. OUTA is proud to contribute in this way and believes that it will assist the Commission in its quest to get to the bottom of state capture.
The following submissions were made during October 2018:
Ace Magashule and the Office of the Free State Premier
From 2012 to 2014, the Free State Premier’s Office and official letterhead were used to send invitations to political leaders in India to visit South Africa. Although it is not unusual to invite politicians from abroad to visit South Africa, these invitations caught the eye of OUTA investigators because they were prepared by Gupta-associate Ashok Narayan, who would forward the contents of the letters to the Premier’s son. Magashule Jnr would then forward these to the Chief of Staff in the Premier’s Office who would print them on the Premier’s official letterhead ready for distribution. OUTA could not find any indication that protocol was followed, and it is therefore necessary for the Commission to establish if the Premier’s Office was captured and abused by the Guptas.