Who is Duduzane Zuma, and why do the NPA want to prosecute him?

Duduzane waiting to receive orders from Atul Gupta

Like father, like son: OUTA file high treason charges against Duduzane Zuma and Guptas

The anti-tax abuse group want the Zumas and Guptas to face justice

Who is Duduzane Zuma, and why do the NPA want to prosecute him?

Duduzane waiting to receive orders from Atul Gupta

The net is very much closing in on our state capture merchants, as the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) have taken the fight to the president’s son and his business partners, the Gupta family.

OUTA’s chief operating officer Ben Theron laid charges of treason, racketeering, extortion, fraud and forgery against them all, and submitted a comprehensive affadavit to the Randburg Police Station detailing their crimes.

State capture is synonymous with Jacob Zuma and the Indian billionaires, but Theron believes that Duduzane is the obvious mastermind behind the undermining of the country:

“State patronage of the Gupta family is directly linked to the business interests of Duduzane Zuma. At the age of 35, he has amassed a vast fortune. He has multiple business interests many of which involve the Gupta family.”

The Gupta brothers and Duduzane Zuma together run a substantial business empire that has been widely linked to illegal state capture, benefitting by billions of rand in illegitimate deals through the help of compliant ministers and state officials.

Who is involved in State Capture?

There are 13 other high-profile officials who have been named in OUTA’s damning affidavit, including…

  • Duduzane’s twin sister Duduzile was a director at a Gupta-owned company, appointed around the time Jacob Zuma was set to assume the presidency.
  • Brian Molefe, former CE of Transnet and then Eskom, a good friend of the Guptas;
  • Currently suspended CFO of Eskom Anoj Singh, who has had numerous trips to Dubai paid for at the Guptas’ expense.
  • One of the most active members of state capture, Mosebenzi Zwane: The Minister of Mineral Resources really did get his hands dirty in staging an elaborate business hoax to finance Vega Gupta’s wedding and the ‘Waterkloof landing’.
  • Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown, who made various appointments, including to SOE boards, which were favourable to the Guptas.

Read: OUTA file high treason charges against Mosebenzi Zwane for his high treason role

Duduzane is central to all of this corruption, as he has been the middle-man for so many deals between SOEs, government contracts and the Gupta family. He was appointed to their company Sahara in 2008, as an under-qualified 26-year-old.

OUTA believe there is no ‘innocent explanation’ for his rise, and that he has had preferable treatment in order for the Indian billionaires to get cosy with his powerful father.

Mission complete, Guptas.