S.African report on Zuma-era graft to be released TuesdayZuma, pictured in October, presided over an era that was notorious for corruptionJOHANNESBURG - South African investigators next week will hand over their first report in a long-awaited probe into state corruption under former president Jacob Zuma, the government said Friday. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday "will formally receive the first part of the report of the judicial inquiry into allegations of state capture, corruption and fraud," a minister in the presidency, Mondli Gungubele told reporters. The report will be released to the public either the same day or on Wednesday, he said. Zuma, 79, is accused of enabling the plunder of state coffers during his nine years in office. In a separate case, Zuma is facing 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering relating to a 1999 purchase of military equipment from five European arms companies when he was deputy president.

Source: Bangkok Post December 31, 2021 23:36 UTC