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Watch — How alleged illicit payments bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle

In this video, Scorpio investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh unpacks documents pointing to an alleged slush fund linked to Brian Molefe during his tenure at Transnet and Eskom — and what they suggest about money, influence and State Capture.

Brian Molefe (Illustrative image: Daily Maverick) Brian Molefe (Illustrative image: Daily Maverick)

Reporting by: Pieter-Louis Myburgh
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

FOLLOW THE MONEY

Here’s the thing about corruption: it always leaves a trail. You can deny. You can obfuscate. You can screen our journalists’ calls. But you can’t make R11-million in unexplained cash deposits just … disappear.

Enter Pieter-Louis Myburgh, tracking Molefe through bank statements like a financial sniffer dog who’s locked on to something and won’t let go until he’s got it.

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