‘Zuma like Putin’ as Guptas’ smear campaign against journalists continues
Surveillance and intimidation of journalists, including Business Day’s Peter Bruce, smacks of Soviet-style dictatorship
The high level surveillance of journalists’ private lives shows President Jacob Zuma is becoming like Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is according to leader of the DA, Mmusi Maimane, who was speaking on 702 radio about "exposés" into journalist’s behaviour on the website‚ wmcleaks.com ("white minority capital" leaks). The anonymously run website has targeted journalists who have criticised the Guptas or their relationship with Zuma. Maimane said surveillance may even extend to politicians and that it was the work of a "dictator". The website "revealed" photos of Business Day’s editor-in-chief, Peter Bruce, visiting a woman in Parkhurst last year‚ who they claimed was his mistress. It also had pictures of him walking in the park with his wife and sitting at a restaurant with friends. The website suggested he had visited the woman regularly‚ which implied the surveillance took place over weeks. Gupta links exposed by investigative agencies amaBhungane and Daily Maverick investi...
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