Gayton McKenzie says he is not a 'new Gupta'
18 September 2017
Cape Town – Gayton McKenzie will fight allegations that he is a “new Gupta” with “every legal means at [his] disposal”.
“I am not a Gupta, new or old,” McKenzie declared in a statement released on Sunday after the Sunday Times for the second week running carried stories that McKenzie, a controversial businessman and leader of the Patriotic Alliance, and his friend Kenny Kunene stand to benefit from a cosy relationship with President Jacob Zuma in a way similar to that of the Guptas.
This week the Sunday Times reported that McKenzie and Kunene stood to benefit as BEE partners to a Russian company in a multibillion-rand gas deal.
McKenzie denies these, and other allegations levelled against him and pointed out that he does not do business with the state or any SOE’s.