A graft scandal enveloping South African President Jacob Zuma’s administration has laid bare the chaos swirling around the nation’s law-enforcement agencies and their vulnerability to political manipulation.
Local investigative reporters have published a series of reports over the past two weeks that Zuma allowed members of the wealthy Gupta family to unduly influence government appointments and contracts — known in South Africa as “state capture.” The alleged actions coincided with changes at the heads of the police force, its special investigative unit known as the Hawks and the head of the National Prosecuting Authority.
Zuma and the Guptas deny any wrongdoing.
This article has been summarised, the full original article can be found at bloomberg.com
June 08, 2017 at 03:47PM
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