Thirteen years later and the Gaddafi billions in SA are still missing
CLEAR AS MUD
Thirteen years later and the Gaddafi billions in SA are still missing
It remains one of the most vexing secrets of democratic South Africa: Where are the Gaddafi billions that were flown from Libya to South Africa in 2011? MAX DU PREEZ follows the trail of the intrigue and reports on the latest developments.
IT IS an old and universal truth: The bigger the treasure, the greater the secrecy. We're talking about possibly around R2 trillion rand in US dollars, tons of gold and millions of carats of diamonds – more than South Africa's annual national budget.
Astonishingly, the full truth about the alleged billions that the former dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, flew to South Africa shortly before he was assassinated on October 20, 2011, has never been fully revealed in an open, regulated society like South Africa's.
We do know that highly valuable air cargo was brought from Tripoli to South Africa. We know that Jacob Zuma was the president at the time. We also know that Zuma and Gaddafi met several times in the months before his death. And we now have first-hand confirmation that Gaddafi gave a large sum of money to the ANC's election campaign in 2009...
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CLEAR AS MUD
Thirteen years later and the Gaddafi billions in SA are still missing
It remains one of the most vexing secrets of democratic South Africa: Where are the Gaddafi billions that were flown from Libya to South Africa in 2011? MAX DU PREEZ follows the trail of the intrigue and reports on the latest developments.
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IT IS an old and universal truth: The bigger the treasure, the greater the secrecy. We're talking about possibly around R2 trillion rand in US dollars, tons of gold and millions of carats of diamonds – more than South Africa's annual national budget.
Astonishingly, the full truth about the alleged billions that the former dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, flew to South Africa shortly before he was assassinated on October 20, 2011, has never been fully revealed in an open, regulated society like South Africa's.
We do know that highly valuable air cargo was brought from Tripoli to South Africa. We know that Jacob Zuma was the president at the time. We also know that Zuma and Gaddafi met several times in the months before his death. And we now have first-hand confirmation that Gaddafi gave a large sum of money to the ANC's election campaign in 2009...
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Editor-in-chiefMax du Preez is the editor-in-chief of Vrye Weekblad. He was the founding editor of the original Vrye Weekblad.