Zuma wants broader inquiry into state capture by the business community
Perfecting the pivot, the president fingers business for state capture and tries to discredit the former public protector’s report, in which he is implicated
There should be a broader inquiry into state capture by the business community so that the facts on the issue are established, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. Responding to matters raised during the presidency budget vote debate in the National Assembly, Zuma said the issue of state capture was "a big thing". "There should be an inquiry into state capture by the business community. We now all agree we need to do [the inquiry] and cannot pick and choose," said Zuma. "It will help us because we are going to stop depending on rumours and allegations, but we will depend on facts so that people do not pile allegation after allegation," he said. A collection of e-mail correspondence between the Gupta family and its associates, including Cabinet ministers and Zuma’s son, Duduzane, have revealed how the Guptas have been influencing government operations in recent months.
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