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Over the past few days, a barrage of leaked email correspondence between the Gupta family and their associates published by the Sunday Times and City Press has given insight into state capture allegations implicating the family, President Jacob Zuma’s close friends, in wide-scale corruption.
The damning emails have allegedly shown the magnitude of the Guptas’ control over Cabinet ministers, state-owned companies and their board members, as well as the role of Zuma’s son Duduzane – an associate of the Guptas – in presidential matters.
On Thursday, what has been dubbed the #GuptaEmails, or #GuptaLeaks, took on a whole new turn following a series of reports by the Daily Maverick and amaBhungane claiming the existence of a much larger trove of emails, estimated to be between 100 000 and 200 000, including other documents detailing the trail of state capture.
Here’s what we know so far:
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Zwane flew on a Gupta jet to Dubai, and they paid for his accommodation in Switzerland in December 2015.
They are also reported to have intervened to extend Muthambi’s ministerial powers, so much so that she is alleged to have forwarded a presidential proclamation detailing her powers to the Guptas before it was signed by Zuma.
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Naithani is also alleged to have given Tony Gupta updates on the happenings at the state-owned airliner.
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The family also allegedly paid for Duduzane’s lavish wedding in Durban in May 2015 at a cost of more than R500 000.
Duduzane Zuma is reported to have led the charge against the ministry in a bid to counter reports about the family’s links to several senior government officials.
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