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Outa lays treason against Guptas and Zuma’s son

Outa has officially laid charges against the Gupta family and President Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma, who happens to be a close business partner of the controversial family.

The full list of charges include treason, racketeering, extortion, fraud and forgery in connection with allegations of state capture.

This round of charges are a third in a series of charges laid against those linked to dealings with the Guptas recently. The first were laid against former Minister of Communications, Faith Muthambi, and the second were laid against Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane.

“They are at the heart of state capture,” said Ben Theron, Outa’s Chief Operating Officer. “These charges are designed for combatting organised crime…The Gupta family and their associates, at all relevant times, acted severally and jointly in common purpose to perpetrate illegal activities.”

The charges were laid at Randburg Police Station and are backed up by an affidavit detailing the allegations by Theron.

A number of others linked to the family have been named in the affidavit, including:

  • Duduzile Zuma, the twin sister of Duduzane and the President’s daughter, who spent 13 months as a director of a Gupta company, appointed when it was clear her father would soon be President.
  • Gloria Bongi Ngema-Zuma, one of the President’s wives: in a hidden transaction, the Guptas helped buy her a R5.4 million house in Waterkloof Ridge in Pretoria
  • Anoj Singh, former CFO of Transnet and current (suspended) CFO of Eskom, who had paid excursions to Dubai at Gupta expense
  • Ben Ngubane, the former chairman of the Eskom board who was in business with Gupta associates
  • Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown, who made various appointments, including to SOE boards, which were favourable to the Guptas

“It is difficult to imagine an innocent explanation for Duduzane Zuma’s meteoric rise within the Sahara [Computers] organisation,” said Theron. ““He was first appointed to Sahara’s board of directors on 13 August 2008. At the time, he was only 26 years old and could boast no obvious qualifications.”

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