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ANC cuts backdoor deal with the Oppenheimers

Source: Business Day, 01/04/2018

In court, Nicky Oppenheimer accused the Guptas of using their Denel
connections to hijack the deal so they could take it over.
The Oppenheimers held secret talks with ANC headquarters over an
application to the national government by one of the family`s
businesses to be allowed to operate its own private international
terminal at OR Tambo International Airport.
The Sunday Times can reveal the ANC wrote to Nicky Oppenheimer to
inform him his company Fireblade Aviation had `met the necessary
requirements` and would be granted permission for the terminal. Two
months later, the project was given the green light by the Department
of Home Affairs.
The luxury terminal, which offers customs and immigration services to
passengers travelling on private jets, has been mired in controversy
and has seen Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba take a legal pounding
after he approved the project and then backtracked.
It has also reportedly become the subject of a tussle between two of
South Africa`s most powerful families, the Oppenheimers and the Guptas.
In court, Nicky Oppenheimer accused the Guptas of using their Denel
connections to hijack the deal so they could take it over. The Guptas
denied this.
Now new information obtained by the Sunday Times this week shows that
the approval for the Oppenheimers to run their own VVIP terminal came
from the ANC before the government gave the go-ahead.

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