JOHANNESBURG — British lawmaker Peter Hain will tell an inquiry on Monday that corruption under South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma was enabled by international banks, corporations and governments which should now seek to recover the loot they helped launder. Hain's submission on Monday to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, part of which he shared with Reuters in advance, will be "very critical of global corporates, especially banks, and states including the UK, Dubai, Hong Kong and India," he wrote in an email. Zuma, who was removed as president last year over corruption allegations, is facing a judicial inquiry. He has agreed to cooperate even while dismissing the probe as prejudiced. Part of its brief is to investigate accusations that three prominent businessmen - brothers Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta — influenced Zuma over political appointments and state contracts.

Source: International New York Times November 17, 2019 13:53 UTC