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Q Research South Africa #11: Diamonds, Gold, and War Edition
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"How the CR17 campaign funds were channeled" - Part 2
https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/how-the-cr17-campaign-funds-were-channelled-30641667
Published Aug 11, 2019
The records further show that the campaign received post-Nasrec conference donations worth R14m from various business people, trusts and organisations between January and October last year.
These included: former Absa chief executive Maria Ramos, who donated R1m to the Ria Tenda Trust on October 25 last year; Johnny Copelyn, director of eNCA owner Hosken Consolidated Investments, who put in R2m in August last year; and Seriti Resources CEO Mike Teke, who transferred R600 000 in two tranches in January and February last year.
Ramos was later appointed to the Public Investment Corporation board announced by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni last month, after being initially tipped to become Eskom's chief restructuring officer.
According to Seriti Resources' website, the mining company "supplies coal to Eskom's Lethabo, Tutuka and Kriel power stations", which collectively generates about 23% of the country's electricity.
The company bought Eskom mines from Anglo American in 2017 and its shareholders included Thebe Investments.
It's chaired by Anna Mokgokong and its directors include businessman Sandile Zungu. Another post-conference donor was ANDH Trust, which put in R10m on November 12 last year.
The R14m in post-Nasrec donations raises questions about whether the donors sought to buy influence, contracts or positions.
It has also emerged from the financial statements that other prominent businessmen donated large sums to the CR17 campaign ahead of the conference.
These included billionaire businessman Nicky Oppenheimer's family, Oppenheimer Memorial Trust board member Bobby Godsell, former Imperial Holdings chief executive Mark Lamberti, financial services company Sygnia Ltd board member Andre Crawford-Brunt, Goldman Sachs Southern African chief executive Colin Coleman and Eskom board member Sifiso Dabengwa.
Billionaire businesswoman Magda Wierzycka is the co-founder and CEO of Sygnia.
The Oppenheimers donated R10m in two instalments of R5, Godsell R250000, Dabengwa R1.2m, Lamberti R1m, Coleman R70000 and Pick * Pay owner Raymond Ackerman R1m.
Mining and energy company Phembani donated R2m, Grovepoint Limited R1.8m and Aspen Pharmacare R150000.
–Aspen received state contracts worth R2bn in 2015.-
Phembani, founded by former MTN chief executive Phuthuma Nhleko, merged with Ramaphosa's empowerment investment group Shanduka in 2015 in an apparent bid to resolve the then-deputy president's business conflict.
The group's subsidiary, Umcebo Mining, supplies coal to Eskom through its Wonderfontein Colliery.
Goldman Sachs spokesperson Matthew Newton said Coleman could not comment on donations because, "any donation would have been in a strictly personal capacity".
Godongwana said "no comment".
Ramaphosa's spokesperson Khusela Diko, Sparg, Ntshavheni, Siweya, Ramos and Dabengwa did not respond to questions sent for comment.
Aspen's Nicolau confirmed the donation to the CR17 campaign as part of Aspen's "contribution towards building a non racial, non sexist society".
He added that the money had no influence towards the ARV tender that they were recently awarded "when Ramapahosa became President".
Dukwana, Lamberti, Godsell and Oppenheimer could not be reached for comment on Saturday.