Iqbal Survè, whose company Sekunjalo now owns Independent Newspapers, is not merely a profoundly disingenuous man. He has shown that he's willing to use his newly acquired media empire to support his disingenuity.
A quick recap of recent events:
On Friday, the Cape Times reported the Public Protector's damning findings about an R800m tender won by a company in the Sekunjalo group. Shortly after, Alide Dasnois was removed from her position as Cape Times editor. The Mail & Guardian published text from a lawyer's letter sent to the Cape Times on Saturday demanding an apology for Friday's article.
On Sunday evening GroundUp published an editorial criticising Survè's actions. The next day a petition was started calling for Dasnois to be reinstated. SANEF expressed shock and concern at Dasnois's removal from office. It also condemned Sekunjalo for laying criminal charges against the Sunday Times, its editor Phylicia Oppelt and journalist Bobby Jordan for reporting the Public Protector's findings. Sekunjalo has also threatened to lodge a complaint against the Cape Times with the Press Ombudsman.
How did Survè respond to all this? Predictably, with tall tales.
In an article published on Politicsweb, he wrote: