The National Prosecuting Authority has finally launched its fight against the Guptas – marked by the confirmation of a request to Interpol to help execute their arrests abroad.
Roughly five years since the #Guptaleaks first emerged, the names of Atul and Rajesh Gupta and their wives, Chetali and Arti, appear on a charge sheet.
The four Guptas are among a group of 17 accused listed in the indictment presented at the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court, where their longtime associate Iqbal Sharma and three former government officials appeared briefly on Thursday, 3 June 2021.
The production of a charge sheet is a significant development in South Africa’s efforts to bring the Guptas to book for alleged State Capture crimes, and comes as the Zondo Commission enters its final days of public hearings, which began in August 2018.
The 20 ANC men and women who make up the powerful national working committee meet tomorrow for the first time since the party’s suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule announced that a decision on whether he would apologise for unilaterally suspending President Cyril Ramaphosa would be informed by the courts.
First she was told the vaccines were frozen and she would not be allowed in. She was then told to return to the vaccination site the following day. Then, on Thursday, she did her screening, only to be told that there was no vaccine and she should return the following day.
Former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku and former presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko may have been reinstated to their positions in ANC provincial structures by the party’s national appeal committee, but there is no certainty that they will be returned to their government positions.