SCORPIO: Revealed: Brian Molefe’s alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’

2026-03-02 - 02:33

Newly obtained bank records and related documents link Brian Molefe, the uMkhonto Wesizwe party’s newly elected treasurer, to an apparent ‘slush fund’ that paid for multiple overseas trips, a swanky wedding and other lifestyle expenses during the State Capture years. Daily Maverick unpacks the Molefe-linked Palcocap account, which received millions of rands in mysterious cash deposits around the time of Molefe’s infamous visits to the Guptas’ Saxonwold compound.