CONFLICTS OF INTEREST?: EXCLUSIVE: DA paid Dubai-based consultancy more than R7.7m to run its GNU operation
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EXCLUSIVE: DA paid Dubai-based consultancy more than R7.7m to run its GNU operation Ryan Coetzee helped negotiate the DA into the GNU while serving as CEO of an international political and corporate advisory company. Three months later, the DA hired that company under a confidential contract to manage its transition to government. Coetzee was the campaign strategist for the Liberal Democrats party in the lead-up to the 2015 UK general election, in which the party lost all but eight of its 57 seats.
- ▪EXCLUSIVE: DA paid Dubai-based consultancy more than R7.7m to run its GNU operation Ryan Coetzee helped negotiate the DA into the GNU while serving as CEO of an international political and corporate advisory company.
- ▪Three months later, the DA hired that company under a confidential contract to manage its transition to government.
- ▪Coetzee was the campaign strategist for the Liberal Democrats party in the lead-up to the 2015 UK general election, in which the party lost all but eight of its 57 seats.
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? EXCLUSIVE: DA paid Dubai-based consultancy more than R7.7m to run its GNU operation Ryan Coetzee helped negotiate the DA into the GNU while serving as CEO of an international political and corporate advisory company. Three months later, the DA hired that company under a confidential contract to manage its transition to government. By Rebecca Davis 24 Jul 2026 Illustrative image: Dubai skyline. (Source: consulum.com) | Ryan Coetzee. (Photo: supplied) Dive Deeper Speed Read Summary Listen Dive Deeper Three months after political strategist Ryan Coetzee played a key role in the DA’s GNU negotiations, the party entered into a confidential agreement with the Dubai-based private advisory firm he led to manage virtually every part of the DA’s operation inside the GNU.Over…
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