South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma would do anything the wealthy Indian-born Gupta family wanted him to do from early in his first term, corruption investigators have concluded.
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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 in the fourth part of the commission’s report - released on Friday.
Central to the commission’s investigations has been the claim that the Guptas bought their way into the most influential organs of the state via Zuma.
Its latest report details how Zuma hired and fired ministers central to the running of the country’s economy at the behest of the Gupta family.
In particular it describes the sacking of a finance minister because he would not comply with the Guptas’ wishes, and the appointment of two subsequent ministers who were friendly to the family’s interests.
Zuma, who became president in 2009, and the Gupta family, who came to live in South Africa in 1993 just as white minority rule was ending, deny any wrongdoing.