Published 09 July 2020 by Ayanda Mdluli

This past week, we have learned with dismay how intimidation tactics have been meted out against the executive chairman of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings, Dr Iqbal Survé, and other executives and employees of Sekunjalo-associated companies. File picture: Ayanda Ndamane /African News Agency (ANA)

This past week, we have learned with utter shock and dismay how intimidation tactics reminiscent of the Cold War and pre-democracy in South Africa have been meted out against the executive chairman of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings (Sekunjalo), Dr Iqbal Survé, and other executives and employees of Sekunjalo-associated companies.

The past few days could very well have been taken from the pages of a thriller or a Hollywood blockbuster, as news broke of the bugging of cellular devices belonging to executives of Sekunjalo, Ayo Technology Solutions, AEEI and Independent Media.

Over several articles, my colleagues and I have hypothesised as to why the dirty tricks campaigns have dogged certain publications over the years, all targeting Dr Survé and Independent Media.

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