The Gupta family will file responding court papers at the High Court in Pretoria on Friday in response to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s application. Gupta lawyer Gert van der Merwe said the family intended proving what they claim is a smear campaign against them and their businesses. The papers are in response to an explosive affidavit submitted by Gordhan in 2016‚ backing up his application for a declaratory order that ministers cannot intervene in the relationship between banks and their clients.

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