🇿🇦 South Africa Corruption Inc. | People and Power

Last month South African President Jacob Zuma was forced from office by his own party, the African National Congress, when almost a decade's worth of corruption, bribery and racketeering allegations finally became too great to ignore. It is possible that within weeks he could appear in court to face charges relating to at least one of the many financial intrigues from his years in power.
As anyone following this story will know, his most infamous former associates, the billionaire Gupta brothers, are now fugitives from justice amid claims that during the Zuma years they systemically looted state assets on a truly astonishing scale - principally by using their friendship with the then-president to influence political appointments and win lucrative government contracts. They are believed to have fled the country and taken refuge in Dubai, where they own property.
But the former president and his state-capturing confrères aren't the only ones under scrutiny in South Africa these days. We've been to examine the role allegedly played by major international companies in scandals so toxic and far reaching, they look set to haunt the country for years to come.
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[@bernardhendricks1539]

the Anc needs to be dismantled and stripped from its power

[@steviejob5384]

The rainbow flag flys free..Because of ANC..dismantling ANC means erasing from history all those who fought what you call south africa today..Shame on you.LONG LIVE TO ANC

[@takalanijimmy8286]

@@steviejob5384 nah ANC has done nothing . Look at us. Sandf,tenders,the house burning down. Bro ANC is not going any where

[@Gphilly819]

Especially after siding with Hamas in the most recent Israeli Palestinian conflict

[@raphaelmandona8173]

Leaders in Africa are embarrassing

[@Deriv44]

Until Donald Trump

[@steviejob5384]

@@Deriv44 🤣😂🤣😂👏👏👏👏👏

[@1999deshan]

Exactly the majority of leaders in Africa steal from their own country and don't actually help improve the country

[@bigevil1001]

Africa has such a huge corruption problem. We only have 3 honest presidents in the whole continent: Nkurunziza, Akkufo-Addo, and Magufuli. Wait Nkurunziza died of a heart attack in 2020. Well at least we still have the other 2. No wait. Nevermind. Magufuli just died of a heart attack less than a week ago. Well at least we still have Akkufo-Addo. ...I’m sure he’ll be fine.

[@keitumetselekgau4084]

They do not even deserve to be called leaders Africa is a continent that can prosper but is held back by its own so-called "leaders"

[@funki4902]

When one stratum of corrupt guys are removed, another stratum emerges. This is a vicious circle.

[@Dodi_tsh]

Your right now we have ramaphosa

[@user-ww5qw8jd3b]

No end

[@billwest8815]

The looting of public funds is worse under Ramaphosa

[@vutivimbhenyane2580]

True

[@juliananyapela1928]

Can we also have a production of the corruption scandals beriddling our country Kenya Please Aljazeera?

[@sirblazealot893]

zuma and the guptas were the worse thing that ever happened to south africa,our economy will never be the same again.whats worse is to date not one of them have seved any prison time.

[@equinox95]

Time for black South Africans to rise up and remove the ANC party, Mandela's turning in his grave.

[@nomazizizembe8662]

I agree don't trust a human he was a sell out also you can't trust a anti Christ

[@user-ww5qw8jd3b]

No, they won't. They are too dumb to vote another party in

[@shaheedpetersen6231]

Greed , greed and more greed. What baffles me is that these fools are already well paid but they still have the urge to have thier hands in the cooky jar. Its.about upbringing. Once a con always a con.

[@mrackz5694]

So basically Europe country’s and Indians are stealing stuff from South Africa well some other Countries too

[@thegoldengamer9315]

@@mrackz5694 no they are not at all africa got it's freedom and has been given money and aid for years but apparently africa is always the victim

[@Minamu6969]

As long as we still think in racism and ethnophobs these politicians will continue to pick pocket us coz we are emotional, naïve and stupid

[@rogerdovv296]

so this is what they do with 45% of my hard earned money

[@mzmasim8449]

Tax is 15% not 45

[@tracyjoseph1975]

Lol.... 15% is VAT. 45% is personal tax should you earn over a certain amount. It's excessively heavy for the what South Africans' get in return.

[@bruceritchie5190]

The war against corruption was lost on the 27th of April 1994.

[@kgosi4013]

No it was lost in 1652

[@stylz1]

Apartheid is the most corrupt institution.

[@hukumbra]

@@stylz1 Wrong and you are racist.

[@bigevil1001]

Africa has such a huge corruption problem. We only have 3 honest and competent presidents in the whole continent: Nkurunziza, Akkufo-Addo, and Magufuli. Wait Nkurunziza died of a heart attack in 2020. Well at least we still have the other 2. No wait. Nevermind. Magufuli just died of a heart attack less than a week ago. Well at least we still have Akkufo-Addo. ...I’m sure he’ll be fine.

[@themessiah1324]

Heal my South Africa 🇿🇦 Better days are coming

[@joann8589]

Please do a program of how the Cadre Deployment Policy adopted officially by the ruling ANC party in SA in the late 90’s has lead to State Capture by this ruling party and has been the root cause of how this rot was adopted into their style of governance!

[@nomazizizembe8662]

Very true

[@IcecreamLeGenD]

Zuma needs to be jailed immediately

[@surieshwar5770]

No u

[@axl58]

@@surieshwar5770 u must be jailed

[@jamesfarquhar7547]

He did and now unfortunately it has unlocked anarchy within SA

[@josephsvennson5694]

Zuma was the frying pan. Ramaposa is the fire.

[@mdogzino]

What does your metaphor even mean?

[@thegoldengamer9315]

Isnt the metaphor: "out of the frying pan and into the fire"

[@thegoldengamer9315]

@@mdogzino idk either

[@Minamu6969]

True 😅

[@nomazizizembe8662]

We need to vote anc out of power they lacks leadership our democracy is cursed since they been to power watching from cape town township

[@katlegomoncho2060]

Even with a new president nothing has changed MP's are living luxurious lives on the expense of the poor. South Africa is doomed

[@nomazizizembe8662]

I.agree sa is cursed country because it's lead by antichrist and by people who lacks leadership

[@bigevil1001]

Africa has such a huge corruption problem. We only have 3 honest presidents in the whole continent: Nkurunziza, Akkufo-Addo, and Magufuli. Wait Nkurunziza died of a heart attack in 2020. Well at least we still have the other 2. No wait. Nevermind. Magufuli just died of a heart attack less than a week ago. Well at least we still have Akkufo-Addo. ...I’m sure he’ll be fine.

[@axl58]

They should gain the power to be able to get the guptas to jail

[@bpt13242]

Our so called democracy has no teeth.nxa!!

[@nomazizizembe8662]

Cursed democracy

[@headpump]

The vast amount of corrupt activities between corporations, politicians and banks across the globe boggles my mind.

[@reinhardtmaritz7654]

South Africans simply need to hold onto their tax money.

[@just2see09]

The MONEY smells so gooooood. Impossible to resist to have all them-Money. Mamma mia...

[@angelabaxter6298]

It is poison ☠️

[@JP-qn4uo]

Put Europeans on an island, get England. Put Asians on an island, get Japan, put Africans on an island, get Haiti.

[@shauncameron8390]

You mean Australia. How about Taiwan or Singapore? Agreed.

[@njonjokibera9587]

Put Africans on an island, get Haiti. How about Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, or Trinidad

[@JP-qn4uo]

@@njonjokibera9587 what about them. Hardly Japan or England! And the only reason they have anything is because of whitey.

[@thokozanezwane760]

Corruption will never end in South Africa, this is Africa. Corruption is a way of life here

[@nomazizizembe8662]

We need system that put people who doing corruption,bribes behind bars otherwise it will never stop anc it shows it lacks leadership

[@goldoil1131]

South Africa is doomed.

[@iamkhanyasakawuli]

You should make another film to document the downfall of South Africa under the Presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa. As a black South African in business, with family in business I can tell you that the pro-black movement under Jacob Zuma was ditched for rampant looting. I have a theory that with more state entities becoming privatised, the aforementioned may have been deliberate.

[@zokosiyabonga2293]

Every kingdom rise and fall, history taught me so.

[@saopinion4866]

its interesting that people investigate and only highlight one side of state capture. State capture is a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage, what about exposing the corruption of the private sector.

[@murrothbro195]

Absent a powerful state, this wouldn't be an issue.

[@shauncameron8390]

LOL. I didn't know that mom-and-pop business-owners have that much clout.

[@dotanon]

The private interests involved were those of the Guptas. Are you following? Maybe you should get somebody to draw you a picture if a video is too much to follow.

[@eurosensazion]

I guess Wakanda can wait.

[@kamaukarangatha9600]

In Kenya this is a Tuesday afternoon

[@akoamoseetave3091]

The only reason why the Scorpions were disbanded by the ANC before Zuma came to power. They knew all these would happen and they would benefit .

[@nomazizizembe8662]

True

[@warewolf4760]

Our people suffer in poverty while the powerful become richer.

[@nomazizizembe8662]

It's very sad they will answer to god for their evil because they don't care about the poor that's why inequality is very high

[@justicebrooks3517]

Zuma was and still is a glorified thief.

[@pinkieluthuli5125]

Media properganda try to destroy Zuma but now we whites media Zuma is the people's President viva Msholozi

[@justicebrooks3517]

@@pinkieluthuli5125 thieves have no honour so goes to those who support them. Look at the mirror because you really need to know what you have become to support a criminal.

[@dmacanada2]

Shocking, someone named Gupta is stealing?!?!?!

[@jen8063]

We can only dream that the failed theresa may resigns with immediate effect....

[@kevincook1618]

SOP along the line. Take the money. Don't ask questions and everything will be fine. Audit the FED.

[@rossitherhodie5659]

You tube " How Singapore got rid of corruption"..Its the only way and we desperatly need thios to happen in SA. I do understand that this way end up with very few ANC big boys and Ministers but its the only way........Come on all opposition parties, watch the video and make sure it reaches everyone in the Country. God Bless SA

[@calvincalvin1712]

Kpmg should have been banned from operating in SA once mxm.

[@cashmagesh5135]

the disguised speaker's voice still sounds much like a Gupta brother's

[@brettsmitsdorff9857]

Zuma.... Ramaphosa...... Malema. Sad state of affairs

[@tanghan6662]

But here we are being told by Zuma's minions that Zuma is a saint and savior, I mean really ?

[@joeferreira657]

Stopped buying Sunday Times for five years. Only resently did I buy one, tatally a disgrace.

[@ndwandwewasendwedwe7964]

This foreign media house does not understand that the real State Capturers of our State are the same people who are vocal about Zuma and "State Capture"

[@douglasianscott3599]

Who are these vocal people and where is the evidence?

[@nomazizizembe8662]

The in the same anc mafia

[@elizeleroux6388]

The world is watching this country, imagine before what an honest government we had, rules as a ruler straight as a pin, does people not know you don't get life here after, you can be a nice little happy like fat sheep have a nice house, crook your way out, but the day a person lays down his or her head, no matter who you are, you will face Gods judgment is worse than the whole world, no forgiveness after, too late for tears, people think their loved ones are resting in peace, they don't know, the dead person already is gone to be raised, when time is set Even me, i am too scared of God to do wrong and what still rob others and kill, i know the truth thats why

[@doreenhelena3714]

The rot is so deep and the damages done to SA and it's people can never be rectified. It will take a generation to undo the rape of this once flourishing country.

[@ongezwapeter4660]

😭Can't we stop paying tax?

[@matthewhurt8077]

This is no surprise

[@fauxmanchu8094]

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed is the King. Can blacks ever rule themselves effectively?

[@MilitantMountaineer]

Deep down i think we all know the answer to that question!

[@mrackz5694]

They can’t because of the white people and other people stealing stuff

[@bigevil1001]

Africa has such a huge corruption problem. We only have 3 honest and competent presidents in the whole continent: Nkurunziza, Akkufo-Addo, and Magufuli. Wait Nkurunziza died of a heart attack last year. Well at least we still have the other 2. No wait. Nevermind. Magufuli just died of a heart attack less than a week ago. Well at least we still have Akkufo-Addo. ...I’m sure he’ll be fine.

[@vmutuma]

The acronym SARS. LOL!

[@bennym5244]

Love it when they no longer have glacier gliders to blame.😂😂😂😂

[@xolanibuthelezi193]

Tell us about EVERGREEN CONTRACTS

[@andzagatsheni521]

Everywhere Gordhan goes , trouble follows . We are having rolling blackouts now, since he was put in charge of state owned companies and one is for generating and distributing power but nothing ever ha[[ens to him as he is well connected

[@douglasianscott3599]

The trouble seems to follow the ANC more than it follows Gordhan.

[@nomazizizembe8662]

His part of the anc mafia

[@grantaylward7385]

how have you not been accountable

[@bhuvan1993]

1.22 South African even do protests by dancing

[@ZolekaMncwabe]

We're black...music is our way of communicating...our Joy's...our sadness....frustration.....and yes even in strikes.

[@wukong5342]

It’s mindless and what keeps these politicians from taking us serious

[@thegoldengamer9315]

@@wukong5342 i agree

[@nomazizizembe8662]

Vote them out of power only solution

[@sithethembamathubesizweumg7635]

Things got worse after Cyril Ramaphosa took over. People are loosing Jobs as I write this. Watch what else happens during lock downs besides the Alchohol ban?

[@nomazizizembe8662]

Cursed state

[@tammymboweni5980]

Pravin Gordon is still a minister even now

[@marijose4471]

No shame

[@darkforce9425]

Not ONE promise delivered! Scumbag Communist

[@funkwallah]

hello 4 years later = what has changed ?

[@trevormarnies2768]

Mandela's sa???

[@basilhendricks788]

Zuma and the Anc equals loadshedding

[@nhlanhlakubheka222]

I can here you associate Zuma with corruption of the Guptas. But u never show us where this associate is coming from. Just because Zuma is friends with Guptas.

[@emartin1990]

This is a call out to all of Africa. Politics is corrupt we need to break down parliament doors and elect Malena as president.

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Eustace Martin All your so-called leaders are the same. Same dog just different collar. Look at all of Africa, where corruption is entrenched and runs deep.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@fauxmanchu8094 It's a by-product of the socialist and state-ownership model many post-colonial leaders adopted after independence.

[@Lephostri]

can we now add the corruption caused by banks and private corporations? for a corrupt politician there's most likely be a shady businessmen on the other end. can we please tell the whole story in context . At this this point it feels this is reporting to attack a portion of the truth which doesn't benefit us on the ground feeling the effects of all of this.

[@douglasianscott3599]

But the Guptas, which is a big part of this video, are part of the business world. So they are already doing what you want.

[@granthendriksz2507]

Gutis

[@bennettstephenson9090]

Maybe she talk too much.

[@xabisompushe9100]

Ai my guy, you come at a time where a lot of whites have been showing what seems to be their true colours, or where a lot of us are only starting to see them. Hope you're sincere but ai, even the fact that Newzroom africa gives you such a ncah interview is not to your credit.

[@kevinedwards7079]

Sell your children for blankets and beer a few cows and some cash and you think corruption is not part of this culture set the price pal and you get what can be sold even if its dead

[@egwiknobert8033]

Cvf c

[@Thubelihle0815]

I detest the narrative you're pushing with such a headline.

[@dothadance1]

I was scrolling looking for a comment from a Zulu person so I can have a laugh 😂 your blind loyalty to Zuma is something to Marvel

[@thegoldengamer9315]

@@dothadance1 i agree its hilarious

[@thabanitrevor1390]

@@dothadance1 Nina nyathanda ukufaka Thina amazulu in everything ngoba kukhona abantu abangacabangi

[@calvincalvin1712]

@@thabanitrevor1390 u just do it urselfs without anyone pushing u, this story explains exactly what happened. What narrative are they pushing?? Zuma is bad news.

[@omarsalih7660]

The frequent report formerly communicate because underwear summarily turn an a hot huge border. lucky, wicked check

[@zero10111]

Stop lebeling of Zuma as corrupt coz the real corruption begin b4 1994 so it DIDN'T start with Zulu stop ruining his name bcoz his BLACK

[@christiaanjansevanvuuren3813]

You're a fool

[@dineshanpillay5944]

Anc dogs allowed this