JOHANNESBURG - Former head of the South African Secret Service Mo Shaik said former President Jacob Zuma owed the country an explanation as to the nature of his friendship with the Guptas and the reas
ons for defending them.
Shaik made the submission at the state capture commission of inquiry on Tuesday, where he recalled how Zuma rejected a proposal by the State Security Agency to investigate the controversial family. He said the former president opted to defend them and made it clear that no investigation should proceed.“It was quite evident that some kind of influence peddling was taking place by the Gupta brothers and the president needed to be alive to that information peddling. The fact that he was dismissive of it will forever remain a mystery to me but the inappropriateness of the behaviour of the Gupta family, I think that is not in doubt anymore.
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