Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg

According to the IEC's report for the period from October to end-December last year the largest donations were made to the ANC in the form of a R15m ($824 000) in-kind payment to the tax collector (South Africa Revenue Service) by the Batho Batho Trust and a further R15m ($824 000) from Viktor Vekselberg's United Manganese Kalahari (UMK) to cover the costs of the ANC's elective conference in December last year (Dispatches 23/12/22 Ramaphosa's win in ANC elections opens a door to policy shifts and reshuffles)...

More critical to both are the ties between the financially weakened ANC and Russian oligarchs such as Viktor Vekselberg who is investing in an extensive manganese mine in South Africa (AC Vol 63 No 13 How manganese pipeline helps the ANC)...

To those who wondered why the ANC took the position it did on Ukraine he said 'follow the money' pointing to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg as the party's biggest donor (AC Vol 63 No 13 How manganese pipeline helps the ANC)...

A transparency law on political party funding has embarrassed the ruling African National Congress by revealing its links to Viktor Vekselberg a Russian oligarch under global sanctions...

The largest investor in the highly profitable United Manganese Kalahari (UMC) mine is Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg who was already a 'designated' person in the US before the Russian invasion...

Renova headed by Viktor Vekselberg in South Africa owns the Transalloys manganese smelter in Mpumalanga and 49% of the United Manganese of Kalahari mine in the Northern Cape...

Renova owned by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg and advised by Roderick Fleming won lucrative manganese concessions in 2005 after backing from Africa National Congress stalwarts...

A Russian magnate Viktor Vekselberg says his Renova Group plans to invest in African mining projects from its base in Johannesburg; it already owns 49 per cent of United Manganese of Kalahari...

In 2003 Garber introduced Victor Vekselberg to some of the major mining houses in Johannesburg...