PP eyes probe into Glencore’s US corruption case for ties to SA

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is considering looking into the Glencore case and whether it may have any ties with South Africa after the mining company pled guilty and agreed to pay $1.2 billion in fines and penalties for corruption in foreign governments.

Mkhwebane also said that her office was looking into Glencore’s ties with Eskom from an ongoing case started in June 2020 and will merge the two complaints if they establish that there is anything worth pursuing with the current case.

It is not clear how it will pan out as they have only just got the relevant literature to investigate, said spokesperson Oupa Segalwe.

Oupa Segalwe, Public Protector Spokesperson:

The complaint from Mr Holomisa only reached us this week and, as I said, the investigation team is reading all the relevant literature to see to it that there’s a full understanding of what transpired in the US and how it affects us, here, in South Africa.

-EWN

In other news – Drama as Somizi demands his money back after spending R30 000 on a night out with friends

Media personality Somizi Mhlongo revealed that he made his entourage pay him back R3000 each after he footed a R30 000 bill on a night out in Cape Town, on the latest episode of his reality show which was released on Showmaxon Wednesday 1 June.

Somizi Mhlongo revealed that he asked his entourage to each pay him back R3000 after he was left to foot a R30 000 bill on a night out in Cape Town – in a conversation with his friend Ndo Maleho. Learn More