“One of these was a political attack launched from within the ANC to get rid of Zuma as the linchpin of that power elite. Linked to that is another set of actions initiated by the criminal justice system to nail the Guptas.”The Guptas arrived in South Africa from India in the early 1990s and built up a business empire with interests ranging from mining to pay television. Their business partners included Zuma’s son, Duduzane, and they employed one of his four wives.The Guptas became household names in South Africa in 2013 when they secured access to the Waterkloof airforce base for their wedding guests. Atul Gupta , whose bank accounts were frozen after he allegedly received a direct payment of 10 million rand from the dairy projects, signed legal documents in Dubai in which he denied wrongdoing. “Litigation takes time, wheels of justice turn so slowly, and when peppered with political issues, then the wheels move even slower.”

Source: Economic Times February 22, 2018 02:47 UTC