Linda Mti's Bosasa bonanza

Well done! This is what made the old Weekly Mail great! Keep up the spirit and substance of good investigative journalism.

Excellent reporting. Now that we know where the taxpayers' funds ended up, why not turn the torch on corporate greed in South Africa. I suggest that you start with the banks. Same intricate details. Then you can home in on most of the JSE-listed companies and their lopsided procurement policies that are shared in golf clubs, saunas and resident pubs.

I think that the M&G has done an excellent job in following up this whole saga. However, the facts presented here are not enough to draw definite conclusions.

If a company intends, or is, doing business with a government department, then why should there not be meetings with a government official? Could many of these trips not simply reflect legitimate business meetings? The, the flights, the cars and the hotels would not look sinister - if not done for Mr Mti's personal benefit.

Or, can someone explain why these things ARE irregular and / or unethical?

Shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!Or is this an indication that politicians and high profile government employees have no regard for the South Africans they are to apppointed or employed to serve, or the officies they hold. No serious actions would be taken against the...I painfully remember te Travelgate scandal...

But I get worried with the kind of evidence provided in the annexures and wonder how they would have been received. How possible is it to get the email record between two employees of the companies under scrutiny without either hacking the computers or finding a high profile spy within the organisations...I wonder...

This article is EXACTLY the same as the one you and Carrien published in 2006, what are you trying to achieve by re-publishing the same work done while under the employ of another paper?

Also, it's common practice for companies to smooge potential clients

Mti must be a cheap date if all it took was a couple flights and car rentals

seriously, either Mti is a very cheep date,or something more is up a sleeve Dude for those kind of contracts at least a trip to Europe would be plausible.

Good point, Ed - there is no doubt that corporates breach governance procedures and need to be held to account. Just remember though that corporates are owned and funded by voluntary shareholders, who can sell out if they are unhappy. The taxpayer who funds the state departments has no such option.

lol where else but in sa would this type of thing happen? o ja everywhere else in the world. a thought: some flights and car rentals doesnt exactly a scandal make does it? lets focus on nailing the fatcats getting even fatter from the corruption instead of the fatcats getting free local airfare :)

What a load of HOG wash, as was previously said, so what, how many corporate boxes are there at the stadiums, who uses them and for what -- Typical Adriaan - a Black Man aint supposed to be entertained - Dont you ever write anything but on Bosasa -- are they paying you for the FREE ADVERTISING -- how come you just regurgitate the same old story time after time -- 4 years later, i suppose Carien Du Plessis will also regurgetate the same again. One would swear that you are one of Rupert's favourite little boys --

Expose them until Zuma's administration do something about this company.

You are all missing the point. It is not about private companies. Its about our tax rands and govenrment run institutions. Who gives a shit if a privately owned company splashes out on thier clients. Its when they begin getting contracts through bribery and corruption using my hard earned tax money that pisses me off. These bastards have and still are enriching themslevs at our expense. M&G should keep highlighting these and all other types of shit like this every damn day until the (Gov) begin realising the impact it has on all of us. Companies like Bosasa that use these types of business ethics should be closed down.