Duduzane Zuma will hand himself over to police on Monday morning, says his lawyer. Zuma’s lawyer, Rudi Krause, said a charge had not been officially confirmed but he believed the arrest was in connection with the bribe allegedly offered to former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas by the Gupta family to accept an appointment by former president Jacob Zuma, Duduzane’s father, as finance minister in 2015. Jonas alleged in a sworn affidavit to former public protector Thuli Madonsela that he had been offered a bribe of R600m to accept the assignment. Jonas said Duduzane had organised the meeting and introduced him to the Guptas at their residence in Saxonwold, Johannesburg. "We believe that to be the case, but we can’t confirm that because the Hawks seem to share more information with the media then they care to share with us," said Krause on Sunday. "We are going to present him at a police station, they [are] going to arrest him and we [are] going to go to court and we [are] going t...
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