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THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on President Jacob Zuma "to do the honourable thing" and step down from the highest office in the land following revelations this week that members of the millionaire Gupta family had offered Cabinet positions to at least two African National Congress (ANC) members in exchange for business favours.
Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas dropped a bombshell on Wednesday revealing that the Guptas, to which Mr Zuma has ties, offered him the job of finance minister, just before Nhlanhla Nene was axed.
Also this week former chairwoman of the portfolio committee on public enterprises, Vytjie Mentor, disclosed she was a offered a Cabinet position by the Gupta family.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) on Thursday said it had learnt reliably from several sources that another "Gupta-inspired Cabinet shuffle" was imminent.
"The plan is to replace long-serving Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies with a recently sworn-in ANC MP and businessperson. The motivation for the intended shuffle is connected to the Gupta family’s interests in acquiring a stake in ArcelorMittal, and their concern that the Department of Trade and Industry under the leadership of Minister Davies, as part of its commitment to localisation and job creation, is setting tough pricing conditions on the sale of steel into the downstream South African manufacturing sector," the SACP said.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane and the party’s finance spokesman David Maynier on Thursday laid criminal charges at the Cape Town police station against members of the Gupta family in terms of section 4 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.
"After years of allegations over state favours, murky business relationships and clear cut nepotism between the Gupta family and President Jacob Zuma — ranging from Cabinet appointments to business deals benefiting the Zuma family directly — there is finally prima facie evidence of such illicit activity, and the South African Police Service is now called upon to conduct a thorough criminal investigation into this matter," said Mr Maimane.
He said in addition to such charges, the DA strongly believed that there should be an investigation into Mr Zuma and his involvement in such "corrupt and unethical behaviour".
"Furthermore, we urge members of Cabinet and other ANC members to do the honourable thing and speak out against such revelations, and put forward any evidence of further examples they have knowledge of.
"ANC-sponsored corruption is a cancer that robs South Africans of jobs, service delivery, and ultimately the hope of a better life. Under Jacob Zuma’s ANC, this has spiralled out of control, and with members of his own Cabinet now coming forward with such disclosure, it’s high time the president finally does the honourable thing and steps down from the highest office in the land," said Mr Maimane.
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on President Jacob Zuma "to do the honourable thing" and step down from the highest office in the land following revelations this week that members of the millionaire Gupta family had offered Cabinet positions to at least two African National Congress (ANC) members in exchange for business favours.
Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas dropped a bombshell on Wednesday revealing that the Guptas, to which Mr Zuma has ties, offered him the job of finance minister, just before Nhlanhla Nene was axed.
Also this week former chairwoman of the portfolio committee on public enterprises, Vytjie Mentor, disclosed she was a offered a Cabinet position by the Gupta family.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) on Thursday said it had learnt reliably from several sources that another "Gupta-inspired Cabinet shuffle" was imminent.
"The plan is to replace long-serving Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies with a recently sworn-in ANC MP and businessperson. The motivation for the intended shuffle is connected to the Gupta family’s interests in acquiring a stake in ArcelorMittal, and their concern that the Department of Trade and Industry under the leadership of Minister Davies, as part of its commitment to localisation and job creation, is setting tough pricing conditions on the sale of steel into the downstream South African manufacturing sector," the SACP said.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane and the party’s finance spokesman David Maynier on Thursday laid criminal charges at the Cape Town police station against members of the Gupta family in terms of section 4 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.
"After years of allegations over state favours, murky business relationships and clear cut nepotism between the Gupta family and President Jacob Zuma — ranging from Cabinet appointments to business deals benefiting the Zuma family directly — there is finally prima facie evidence of such illicit activity, and the South African Police Service is now called upon to conduct a thorough criminal investigation into this matter," said Mr Maimane.
He said in addition to such charges, the DA strongly believed that there should be an investigation into Mr Zuma and his involvement in such "corrupt and unethical behaviour".
"Furthermore, we urge members of Cabinet and other ANC members to do the honourable thing and speak out against such revelations, and put forward any evidence of further examples they have knowledge of.
"ANC-sponsored corruption is a cancer that robs South Africans of jobs, service delivery, and ultimately the hope of a better life. Under Jacob Zuma’s ANC, this has spiralled out of control, and with members of his own Cabinet now coming forward with such disclosure, it’s high time the president finally does the honourable thing and steps down from the highest office in the land," said Mr Maimane.
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