South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper reported that several independent sources had told it that the Gupta family had bought Zuma a retirement home for 330 million rand ($25 million) in an upmarket suburb of Dubai. The newspaper did not name the sources, but said they included businessmen, senior officials in the ruling African National Congress and people close to the Zuma family. “The president has also not received or seen the reported emails and has no knowledge of them,” his office said. South Africa’s anti-graft watchdog called in November for a judge to investigate alleged influence peddling in Zuma’s government and focused on allegations that the brothers, Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta, influenced appointments of ministers. Last year, South Africa’s top court found that Zuma had failed to uphold the constitution by ignoring instructions to pay back some of the $16 million in state funds spent on renovations at his private home.

Source: Egypt Independent June 04, 2017 10:41 UTC