State capture inquiry: Five key allegations Jacob Zuma needs to answer

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Zuma is set to testify from Monday to Friday at the public hearings led by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo.

Here are some of the key allegations against Zuma, based on testimonies at the hearings.

Former head of the government communications service Themba Maseko alleged that Zuma asked him to help the Guptas, who told him to direct the government's R600m advertising budget to the family's newspaper and television channel. Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor said one of the Gupta brothers suggested she could become public enterprises minister, on condition she agree to scrap SA Airways flights to India.that Nhlanhla Nene told the state he was fired as finance minister in 2015 after refusing Zuma's attempts to force through a deal to buy nuclear power plants from Russia.

Former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi alleged that the company agreed to pay R300,000 a month to Zuma's charitable foundation in return for protection from prosecution.

 

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