Both the Home Affairs department and visa application service company VFS have denied any links to President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane and Rajesh Gupta following claims made by the Democratic Alliance last week. The department’s director general Mkuseli Apleni told reporters in Boksburg on Monday that he had personally overseen[…]
The government is not setting a dangerous precedent, nor is it bullying the banks, by stepping into the dispute between Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments and the big four South African banks, Jeff Radebe, Minister for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, told journalists on Thursday. Radebe had to field a barrage of questions[…]
The chief executive of Oakbay Investments said on Thursday one of the four banks he had approached to restore ties with the Gupta-owned company had declined to set up a meeting, saying it saw “no reason to meet”. Nazeem Howa declined to name the bank. Oakbay is scrambling to restore[…]
Former President Thabo Mbeki has no links with the Gupta family and did not at any point introduce the family to President Jacob Zuma, the Thabo Mbeki Foundation said Monday. In a statement emailed to Xinhua, the foundation denied allegations of any link between Mbeki and the Gupta family. “In[…]
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has lost some supporters’ confidence and could totally lose them if it does not deal with discontent with President Jacob Zuma, an ANC official said on Sunday. The ANC has been in damage control mode since the country’s highest court ruled that Zuma failed[…]
The Guptas and President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane Zuma on Friday announced their resignation from Oakbay Investments and Oakbay Resources and Energy. This family, which owns Oakbay, includes Atul, Ajay, Chetali, Rajesh “Tony”, Arti and Varun Gupta. Ajay and Atul were the co-chairs of Oakbay Investments, while Atul was the[…]
KPMG has terminated its business relationship with the Gupta business empire due to the political storm surrounding the family’s friendship with President Jacob Zuma. KPMG was the auditor for all Gupta-owned and -controlled businesses and performed a variety of other services for the Guptas, who are allegedly at the heart[…]
Here is what social movement leaders are saying about the recent ANC national executive committee meeting, President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family, GroundUp reports. Equal Education “As a movement of revolutionary youth we call on the young people of South Africa to make themselves heard. We call on every[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa declared that the ANC is not for sale and that those who seek to capture the party and the state won’t be allowed to do so. Ramaphosa was addressing a middle-class constituency at a soul-searching session of professionals in Sandton, aimed at jacking up the ruling party’s[…]
Elite police unit the Hawks have launched a corruption probe into President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane and the Guptas, a family of businessmen accused of wielding improper political influence, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Hawks said it would investigate the graft allegations after a complaint[…]
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