DAYS OF ZONDO, PART FOUR: Zuma was at the Guptas’ beck and call, played key role in bid to capture Treasury and Eskom

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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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No evidence just hearsay, gossip and rumors.

pierredevos Nonsense

pierredevos ZUMA THE MAIN PLAYERS IN STATE CAPTURE. HE SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH TREASON FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY.

How's it Jimmy? Are you sleeping well Msholozi No.01 JZ PresJGZuma JGZ_Foundation

pierredevos No surprises. Nothing here the people of South Africa didn’t already know years ago.

pierredevos Mxm!

Like for real real, SA media is trash 🗑. How are we made to believe Jonas testimony is credible?

Zumas reply/reaction DOLOLO

What's the point? Nothing will come of it!

What scathing indictment wena Musunery 🐖🐖🐖 fake propaganda anti RET journo?

Zondo thanks the ANC Top 6 for putting all the breaks into Zuma's attempt to appoint a corrupt-to-the-core Gupta minion, Brian Molefe, to be the Minister of Finance. The Top 6 told Zuma that .... StateCaptureReport StateCapture

It's just a toothless report fit for the annals of history, nothing else. We've known this since 2015 but 7 yes later the kingpins still walk free. You read daily abt some bookkeeper that stole a million n sentenced to 15yrs in prison. The kingpins? Nothing!

ANC owes the citizens an honest, sincere apology, it's time for them to accept all the wrongs they have done and ask for forgiveness to the country,it can't be business as usual while so much has been done, they need to own up to their deeds, they can't pretend that all is well

Some of it sounds really personal.

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