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It has been barely two weeks since former president Jacob Zuma stood on a truck that was converted into a mobile stage, facing dozens of his loyal supporters congregated at KwaZulu-Natal’s Freedom Park, situated directly opposite the Pietermaritzburg High Court.“I have done nothing to anyone. There isn’t a shred of evidence indicating that I have done anything warranting the treatment I am receiving,” he said, referring to the charges of corruption, fraud and racketeering that he now faces.
But in reality, the very commission that the former president claims has absolved him has been dominated by testimony alleging Zuma’s links to the infamous Gupta family and to various other business interests. In his submissions, Sundaram revealed that Zuma’s son, Duduzane Zuma, was the on-paper shareholder at the now defunct station. The Dubai-based businessman held a 21% stake in Infinity Media, the company that owned ANN7 through Mabengela Investments.
The former editor detailed Zuma’s involvement as follows: “Ajay Gupta was the head in that sense of the family."He was very close to President Zuma as well. Also, he was the bully ... who goes out there and tells the ministers whatever he wanted to get done, or ... seeks favours telling everybody he had the president in his pocket.”
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