EDITORIAL: IDT hush money docket: 383 days, one video, no arrests
The former chief executive of a state entity that spends upwards of R4-billion a year, and her then spokesperson, put R60,000 in a Dior shopping bag on a table in front of a Daily Maverick journalist. We filmed it, published it and laid charges. More than a year later, the docket still isn’t trial-ready.
On a wine farm outside Stellenbosch, IDT CEO Tebogo Malaka and her spokesperson Phasha Makgolane handed over R60,000 in hush money to investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh in front of a Daily Maverick reporter. The sting was captured on high-definition video and published by the news outlet one year ago. Since then, there has been no arrest, court date, or tax consequence.
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