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A letter to the Gupta clan.
Sir, I have watched the events of the last few months unfold with increasing amazement.
You are free to befriend who you will , we south africans are a friendly bunch at the best of times , so we even allow you to do business in south africa. We buy commodities from you amongst other things and being entrepreneurs I assume you invested in south africa to see a reasonable return on your investment. Good thats the foundation of trade.
However when our finance minister has to approach a court for an order to effectively get you off his back then i am afraid you have crossed the line and assaulted the credibility of the one institution that still has some form of it left.
Further you seem to believe you can threaten our public protector with impunity. May i point out that you are guests in this country as yet you do not own it.
Do not count the masses silence for weakness,for if there is one country that has shown what mass action can do it is us.
So may I suggest a little humility when dealing with the right honorable Minister of finance, or u may find the public spending money anywhere else, except oakbay and the rest of the convoluted chain of entities that you own.
Yes, I know that almost all of your business is done with government contracts and as such you even get to land your private aircraft at a military base. Get paid in advance for coal to be delivered and and and. But really if you want to piss the average south African off you have certainly gone about it the right way.
Forcing our finance minister to approach a court so that he has to apply for an order , to stop you from harassing him, to get him to help you get local banks to do business with you speaks volumes, and to then have the temerity to criticize him for doing so, firstly with " we thank the minister " "we look forward to clearing our name" and then not a day later a complete about face with opinions like "vexatious". The sudden departure of your CEO ( my condolences for his illness) must have hurt given the timing.
Maybe you should reconsider ur position in not only this matter but also in the country.
Kind regardsCijimpiAka Kim hugh lee
Sir, I have watched the events of the last few months unfold with increasing amazement.
You are free to befriend who you will , we south africans are a friendly bunch at the best of times , so we even allow you to do business in south africa. We buy commodities from you amongst other things and being entrepreneurs I assume you invested in south africa to see a reasonable return on your investment. Good thats the foundation of trade.
However when our finance minister has to approach a court for an order to effectively get you off his back then i am afraid you have crossed the line and assaulted the credibility of the one institution that still has some form of it left.
Further you seem to believe you can threaten our public protector with impunity. May i point out that you are guests in this country as yet you do not own it.
Do not count the masses silence for weakness,for if there is one country that has shown what mass action can do it is us.
So may I suggest a little humility when dealing with the right honorable Minister of finance, or u may find the public spending money anywhere else, except oakbay and the rest of the convoluted chain of entities that you own.
Yes, I know that almost all of your business is done with government contracts and as such you even get to land your private aircraft at a military base. Get paid in advance for coal to be delivered and and and. But really if you want to piss the average south African off you have certainly gone about it the right way.
Forcing our finance minister to approach a court so that he has to apply for an order , to stop you from harassing him, to get him to help you get local banks to do business with you speaks volumes, and to then have the temerity to criticize him for doing so, firstly with " we thank the minister " "we look forward to clearing our name" and then not a day later a complete about face with opinions like "vexatious". The sudden departure of your CEO ( my condolences for his illness) must have hurt given the timing.
Maybe you should reconsider ur position in not only this matter but also in the country.
Kind regardsCijimpiAka Kim hugh lee
