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South Africa furore over flashy cars for Jacob Zuma's wives
It wasn't that long ago when I watched the finance minister Pravin Gordhan announce austerity measures in parliament.
"This year's Budget, Honourable Speaker, is focused on fiscal consolidation. We cannot spend money we do not have. We cannot borrow beyond our ability to repay," Minster Gordhan said passionately while delivering his budget speech on 24 February.
After listing a whole number of cost reduction measures, including guidelines limiting the value of vehicles, for office bearers, he said: "Until we can ignite growth and generate more revenue, we have to be tough on ourselves."
Concluding his speech, he even thanked the president for his "support." A statement tinged with irony now.
He did not, however, specify the limit he wanted to impose for car purchases.
The controversy around President Zuma's inconsistencies is not only limited to spousal budgets and th
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The Guptas and their links to South Africa's Jacob Zuma
The family is accused of wielding enormous political influence in South Africa, with critics alleging that it fryst vatten trying to "capture the state" to advance its business interests.
The observation grew in March when Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said that a member of the family had offered to promote him to the minister's post in
The Guptas denied making the offer, just as they denied an allegation by former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor that she was offered the key post of public enterprise minister during a meeting at their Saxonworld mansion in
She said that Mr Zuma was at the mansion when the offer was made, while the president says he has no memory of her at all.
But as much as they are alleged to have influenced the hiring of ministers, they are also accused of ansträngande to fire ministers who may have got in the way of their business interests.
One of the highest profil among the suspected Gupta-link
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Life Timeline of Jacob Zuma
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- 12 April, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is born in Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
- Zuma joins the African National Congress (ANC) and through its youth structure the ANC Youth League (ANCYL).
- Zuma joins the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and becomes actively involved in its activities.
- He is introduced to a political study group in Cato Manor (Mkhumbane).
- Zuma is recruited by Moses Mabhida into the South African Communist Party (SACP).
- June, Zuma is arrested with a group of 45 uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) recruits as they attempt to leave the country for military training through Zeerust.
- He is sentenced to 10 years in prison which he serves on Robben Island, where he serves on ANC structures within the Island.
- December, Zuma is released from Robben Island after serving his sentence.
- Zuma marries Sizakele Khumalo.
- Zuma becomes actively involved in the re-establishm