Johannesburg - UMzwanele Manyi ubambe isithangami sabezindaba ezindlini zokusakaza ze-ANN7 mayelana nokuthi obani abanikazi bamasheya enkampanini yakhe, esanda kuthenga isiteshi sikamabonakude, i-ANN7 kanye nephephandaba, iThe New Age enkampanini yomndeni wakwaGupta, i-Oakbay.
Ukuthengwa kwale mithombo yezindaba kwabakwaGupta yiLodidox kaManyi ngo-R450m kwasusa omkhulu umsindo kuleli ikakhulukazi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana njengoba abanye bagxeka lesi sivumelwano ngesikathi abanye beshaya amakhala ngokuthi uManyi angalikhona kanjani inani lokuthenga lesi zinkampani zezindaba yize noma kwaba isimuvelwano sokubolekwa imali yiwona umndeni wakwaGupta.
OLUNYE UDABA: AbakwaGupta sebedayise isiteshi i-ANN7 kanye nephephandaba i-The New Age
Lokhu kusho ukuthi uManyi ukweleta abakwaGupta imali athenga ngayo kanti futhi usevumile ukuthi uzobakhokhela kancane kancane kuze kuphele iminyaka eyisikhombisa.
Kuphinde kube nemibiko yokuthi abasebenzi be-ANN7 kanye ne-The New Age sebebuyelwe yithemba kulandela ukuvela kwezindaba zokuthi uManyi usezothatha izintambo.
#ANN7: Manyi says the Guptas have no influence here. "I call the shots here. I do not consult anybody."@News24
— Amanda Khoza (@MandaKhoza) August 30, 2017
#ANN7: Manyi says IDC sent him from pillar to post when he requested funding. "When I went to the Guptas, I had already been beaten."@News24
— Amanda Khoza (@MandaKhoza) August 30, 2017
#ANN7: Manyi says he did not invent vendor financing. @News24 pic.twitter.com/UMCHXqcA0x
— Amanda Khoza (@MandaKhoza) August 30, 2017
#ANN7: Manyi says the shareholder certificate reflects that he is the sole owner. He says he is looking for partners.@News24
— Amanda Khoza (@MandaKhoza) August 30, 2017
Manyi invites journalists to inspect share certificate and authenticity of #Lodidox pic.twitter.com/L33FjXpUZo
— ANN7 (@ANN7tv) August 30, 2017
Manyi: I have received numerous demands from several media entities to make public the shareholders' register of the company. pic.twitter.com/NZKFUxQuXr
— ANN7 (@ANN7tv) August 30, 2017
#ANN7: Manyi says it was disappointing to see malicious reporting in the media with regards to Lodidox. @News24
— Amanda Khoza (@MandaKhoza) August 30, 2017
But, slightly weird for a press conference, other media can't set up their own cameras. Offered "unedited" ANN7 footage afterwards instead.
— Phillip de Wet (@phillipdewet) August 30, 2017