Media24 Investigations THE story of Shaun Battlemann is as enigmatic as the inner workings of his business empire. Battlemann is the 52-year-old entrepreneur at the centre of African Access Holdings, which includes EduSolutions, the company in the spotlight of the Limpopo textbook supply controversy. Today, Battlemann is the kingpin in a multi-billion rand empire built… Read More »

Media24 Investigations Former police death squad commander and convicted murderer Dirk Coetzee has lifted the lid on the dodgy dealings of EduSolutions, the company contracted by the state to buy and deliver textbooks across South Africa. The company was thrust to the centre of the textbook storm in Limpopo when Anis Karodia, the former Limpopo… Read More »

Jacques Pauw The front company allegedly used by crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and other agents to plunder a secret “slush fund” was started by the apartheid-era police. Universal Technical Enterprises (UTE) – a police front company – was established in 1988 by the security branch and used by its bomb-making unit to buy equipment… Read More »