President rejects claim that family of industrialists handed out ministerial posts amid growing corruption scandalThe South African leader,Jacob Zuma, has denied letting a family of wealthy industrialists hand out posts in his cabinet, or as he battles to contain a snowballing corruption scandal that could threaten his presidency.
Ahead of a key assembly of the ruling party’s leadership this weekend,a top power-broker from Zuma’s own African National Congress has warned that the country risks becoming a “mafia state” whether corruption is not tackled.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com