South Africa’s Jacob Zuma would do anything for the Guptas – Zondo report

The commission investigating allegations of widespread corruption in South Africa during Zuma’s nine years in power, known as “State Capture”, says the former president placed the interests of corrupt associates ahead of those of his country.

Further, it says that the Guptas identified Zuma as someone whose character could be used against the people of South Africa to advance their own business interests.

These scathing conclusions were revealed over more than 1,000 pages of this fourth part of the commission’s report – released on Friday – which is led by South Africa’s Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.

Central to the commission’s investigations has been the claim that one family bought their way into the most influential organs of the state via Zuma.

Both Zuma, who served as president from 2009 until 2018, and the Gupta family, who came to live in South Africa in 1993 just as white-minority rule was ending, deny any wrongdoing.

Because this commission is an inquiry it has no power to prosecute, however an amended regulation passed by President Cyril Ramaphosa last year allows law enforcement agencies to access information gained at the commission.

Zuma supporters say the probe on the former president is a witch hunt ochestrated by pro-white South Africa to punish him for his pro-people policies that had threatened to shift power to South Africans.