[7][8][9][10] He has also reportedly failed to repay loans from the government-controlled Public Investment Corporation and has been accused of using pensioners' money to fund his companies, his lifestyle and his property portfolio.

In 1985 Survé's father put the house on auction and the family moved to Lansdowne, a coloured designated area in Cape Town.

Court documents indicated that Nedbank was not satisfied with the response as the payment was paid to Survé's personal account and not that of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings.

Joemat-Pettersson was previously linked to Survé, having irregularly awarded an R 800 million marine services tender to Sekunjalo, which resulted in her fall from grace.

[36] Joemat-Pettersson died on 5 June 2023 and an inquest into the circumstances of her death was opened by the South African Police Services following allegations of attempted bribery.

[39] A News24 investigation found that a number of fake writers originated from Survé's office, and that his communications team was directly responsible for publishing propaganda on IOL.

[49] In 2006, the JSE-listed Sekunjalo Investments (now AEEI) led by Survé received the Financial Mail Top Empowerment Companies Award.

[51][52][53] Survé served as a member of the Governors Committee of the UCT Foundation Trust whose role was envisaged as to advise on fundraising matters.

[55] In June 2023, Survé was honoured with Russian Foreign Ministry's medal for cooperation, presented to him by Sergey Lavrov in Cape Town.

[57] Survé himself pledged a donation of one million rands to the supposed parents of the babies despite there being no evidence of the woman being pregnant or giving birth.

[59] The story was debunked by the BBC as well as Independent Media's own ombud and the Public Protector, however, Survé maintained that the babies did exist and had been trafficked but did not provide any evidence to back his claims.

[60][61][62][63] Following the 2023 earthquake in Turkey, Survé Philanthropies donated R15 million worth of aid in the form of tents, clothing, blankets, gas heaters and other items.

Survé was criticised for making this donation at a time when Independent Media had consistently failed to pay staff their full salaries.