The Zondo Commission report released on Friday, 29 April, contains the most scathing indictments of the conduct of former president Jacob Zuma issued to date by the State Capture inquiry.
The Gupta family identified Zuma “at a very early stage as somebody whose character was such that they could use him against the people of South Africa, his own country and his own government to advance their own business interests”, the Zondo Commission has found.
The Zondo Commission has concluded that Jonas’s account of being offered a bribe of R600-million by a Gupta brother in 2015 in exchange for being appointed as a compliant finance minister is credible. Despite the denials of Duduzane Zuma – who was present at the meeting – Zondo found that this attempted transaction by the Guptas was consistent with other similar actions taken by them, including the offering of a bribe to former acting SAA CEO Vusi Kona in 2011 or 2012.
Zondo dismisses this justification as patently false, noting: “For over two years after removing Mr Nene as Minister of Finance, President Zuma never followed up with him to tell him what was happening with the Brics bank position or to check whether anybody had contacted him with regard to the position. That is not consistent with the conduct of someone who, at the time of Mr Nene’s removal, reasonably believed that Mr Nene was about to be appointed to the position.
“These were the people that the Guptas wanted him to appoint. That is the only explanation that makes sense,” concludes Zondo.
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