Zuma responds to Parliament's state capture questions
21 September 2016
Cape Town – Opposition party parliamentarians failed to get President Jacob Zuma to admit to any form of alleged state capture resulting from his friendship with the Gupta family.
On Wednesday, Zuma submitted written parliamentary replies to several questions posed by Members of Parliament, ranging from alleged visits to the Guptas’ residence in Saxonworld to alleged links between Department of Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane and the Guptas.
It is alleged that the Guptas used their friendship with Zuma to build their business operations with the use of government tenders. The Guptas and Zuma have on several occasion denied such claims, and have requested that they be tested in a court. The alleged state capture is under investigation by the public protector
The Democratic Alliance asked Zuma if he or a member of his Cabinet visited the Gupta family compound in Saxonwold in Johannesburg on September 20 2015, just before Zwane became mineral resources minister.