Zuma rebuffed allegations that he had a part in a bid to funnel money for government advertising to Gupta-ownedand ANN7. This despite earlier admitting to the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture that it was his idea to set up the newspaper and news channel.
On Monday, Zuma said he didn’t recall the phone call and denied arranging the meeting between Gupta and Maseko.“This issue of the owners wanting to talk to the departments ... it is natural that they would want to talk to him [Maseko],” he said. But Zuma’s attempt to distance himself from the Gupta’s alleged strong-arming is possibly complicated by his earlier admission that he came up with the idea to set up the New Age and ANN7 in an effort to create an alternative to mainstream media.
Zuma further admitted to giving the Gupta-owned newspaper its name. “I gave them struggle newspaper [name] and they loved New Age. They established The New Age. They were very excited about it.”
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