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Ajay Gupta cooperated over brothers' arrest in South Africa corruption scandal

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“The fight against corruption: after the Zondo commission, what next for Ramaphosa?”

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The fight against corruption: after the Zondo commission, what next for Ramaphosa?

South Africa's commission on "state capture", set up in 2018 and led by judge Raymond Zondo, interrogated around 300 witnesses over the rampant corruption and misuse of public funds that allegedly occurred under Jacob Zuma's reign, from 2009 to 2018. The commission's scathing findings were released throughout 2022, revealing a long list of names of those implicated including ruling ANC party executives, state-owned company CEOs and business leaders. Looking ahead, will the Zondo commission, which is the largest investigation on corruption ever carried out in a democratically-led South Africa, actually lead to the prosecution of those involved? [...]

Ajay Gupta has avoided arrest with Pretoria's blessing, while his two younger brothers are being held in Dubai over a major state graft scandal in South Africa. Sources say the eldest brother's cooperation aided his siblings' arrest. [...]

Published on 14.07.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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