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South Africa: Finance Minister Gordhan Drops Gupta 'Nuclear Bomb'
News24Wire, 15 October 2016
Court papers filed by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan that contain details of "suspicious" bank transactions by Gupta-owned companies totalling almost R7bn may be the first… Read more »
South African Minister Exposes Massive Suspicious Payments
South Africa's Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has published a list of transactions totalling seven billion rand - almost half a billion dollars - made by friends of President Jacob Zuma which the country's financial authorities deem suspicious. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has backed Gordhan in the intense battle over corruption which is being waged between different factions of the ruling African National Congress. Opposition parties are calling for the transactions to be investigated and for charges to be laid against Zuma's friends, while the party's youth wing leader has called for military veterans to take up arms in defence of Zuma.
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South Africa: Deputy President Backs Besieged Finance Minister
SAnews.gov.za, 16 October 2016
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has offered his moral and political support to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in light of the legal processes unfolding around him. Read more »
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South Africa: Finance Minister Blows Whistle on Zuma's Friends in Explosive Affidavit
Daily Maverick, 15 October 2016
Pravin Gordhan throws down the gauntlet against the politically powerful family. By Susan Comrie, Stefaans Brümmer and Sam Sole for AMABHUNGANE. Read more »
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South Africa: Suspicion Over Billion Rand Transfer to Indian Bank
Daily Maverick, 15 October 2016
One of the "suspicious and unusual" transactions identified in the Financial Intelligence Centre's (FIC) report attached to Gordhan's affidavit is a transfer of R1.3-billion… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Must Go to Save South Africa From Government's War With Itself
DA, 16 October 2016
Our nation's Constitution, for which so many people fought and died, is yet again under attack by Jacob Zuma and his cronies. Read more »
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South Africa: EFF to Open Case Against Guptas After Explosive Gordhan Affidavit
News24Wire, 16 October 2016
The Economic Freedom Fighters is on Sunday set to open a criminal case against the Gupta family and their company directors after "suspicious" transactions were revealed in a court… Read more »
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South Africa: Guptas' Suspicious Transactions Must Be Investigated By the Hawks
DA, 16 October 2016
The Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, has pushed the "red button" and escalated the dirty war between himself and President Jacob Zuma's most important clients, the Guptas. Read more »
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South Africa: COPE to Lay Charges Over 'Take Up Arms for Zuma' Call
News24Wire, 16 October 2016
Cope will lay charges of inciting violence against the African National Congress Youth League's Collen Maine over his call to MK veterans to take up arms to defend the President. Read more »
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South Africa: State Capture Report 'Safely Stored' in Parliament
News24Wire, 15 October 2016
Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report on state capture is safely under lock and key in Parliament, ready to be given to her successor on Monday. Read more »
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The Public Protector report covers allegations that the influential Gupta family helped in selecting high-ranking government officials, and used their "close" relationship with ... Read more »
