{"id":78139,"date":"2017-05-29T13:29:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T12:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=78139"},"modified":"2020-05-21T14:26:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:26:48","slug":"leaked-gupta-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/leaked-gupta-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Gupta Emails: 13 Fast Facts You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the weekend, a series of explosive e-mails, detailing how the Gupta family has been running South Africa from their sprawling multimillion-rand Saxonwold compound was exposed by the media.<\/p>\n
The damning document was dumped on the digital laps of South Africans while Zuma was fighting for his political life amid heavy confrontation by some ANC members at the ANC NEC meeting.<\/p>\n
The said emails weaved the Gupta Epic into a comprehensive narrative, accounting how they exercised control over cabinet ministers, state-owned companies, several CEOs and board members.<\/p>\n
Evidence of the Gupta family’s unprecedented control over government affairs also enmeshed Sahara CEO Ashu Chawla in the intricate web of state capture.<\/p>\n
In a nutshell, the emails revealed the following:<\/p>\n
Zuma, Others Deny Wrongdoing<\/b><\/p>\n
In response to the damning document, President Zuma, on Sunday, denied planning to move to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after his leadership.
\nHe, however, failed to react to questions about his cabinet ministers’ communications with the Guptas.<\/p>\n
He said:<\/p>\n
“I have my home in Nkandla and I have no intention of living anywhere else. When I retire I will go home to Nkandla. This is a pure fabrication. Duduzane has never spoken to me about living in any other country. He has never shown me any letter. It’s shocking in the extreme. It’s absolute mischief aimed at sowing confusion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The cat with the nine lives survived another attempted purge during the ANC NEC meeting held over the weekend. The meeting ended inconclusively after the president resisted every attempt to have him removed.<\/p>\n\n
Zwane, a staunch Gupta defender is yet to comment on the matter, as he is currently out of the country to promote investment.<\/p>\n
Des van Rooyen’s spokesman Legadima Leso said the minister would comment once he arrives South Africa today. He attended a conference on disaster risk reduction.<\/p>\n
ANCYL president Collen Maine simply shut down the matter by saying: “That is rubbish, I don’t respond to rubbish”.<\/p>\n
The Gupta Family Control<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Gupta family has been best described as a bunch of opportunistic scumbags acting with the blessing and protection of the most powerful man in the country – Zuma.<\/p>\n
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Since their arrival, they have mingled and pulled the royalty of the ruling party through the mire, manipulating virtually all the sectors of government.<\/p>\n
Check Out: Judas of South Africa – 10 People Considered To Be Betrayers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
No doubt, the leaked emails now confirmed the accurateness of former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela\u2019s State of Capture report, in which she aired the filthiness of players like Duduzane Zuma (the middleman), Mosebenzi Zwane, the former Minister of Communications (now Minister of Public Service), Faith Muthambi, principals in the energy, broadcasting, and defence SOEs.<\/p>\n\n
Meanwhile,\u00a0Gert van der Merwe\u201a a lawyer for the Guptas\u201a on Monday will lay criminal charges if it is found that their emails were hacked.<\/p>\n
Click the following links to view the emails.<\/p>\n
How They Prepped Maine for His First Interview<\/a><\/p>\n
#GuptaEmails: Zwane Jet and CV<\/a><\/p>\n
#GuptaEmails: Muthambi Email<\/a><\/p>\n