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| South Africa: Police raid Gupta family home |
| 2018-02-15 |
| [Al Jazeera] An elite South African police unit has raided a home of the influential Gupta family in Johannesburg as part of an investigation into corruption and influence peddling with the government. Wednesday's raid in the northern suburb Saxonworld comes as the country waits to see if President Jacob Zuma would resign after being asked to do so by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. The Gupta family, an Indian-born South African business family, is central to the corruption allegations pitted against Zuma. It is alleged that the president gave the family undue access to sensitive state information, government contracts, as well as a role in hiring and firing of cabinet ministers. These accusations became known in local parlance as "state capture". Zuma's presidency has been characterised by allegations of corruption and racketeering in a tenure that has tested both the resolve of the ANC and government to hold its own to account. Both Zuma and the Guptas have denied any wrongdoing. "No, no! Certainly not!" |
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