Atul Gupta — PICTURE: SUNDAY TIMES Me, I quit. I give up. I am calling for a round of drinks and saying cheers to the Gupta family. These guys are champions. Just when you think they are flat on the floor, they show you just how deep their tentacles have sunk into the mighty ANC’s back. It’s amazing.After various respected South Africans started telling on them and their power over the presidency, their bankers abandoned them. Their auditors abandoned them. They resigned their company directorships. Even the president’s son, their business partner Duduzane Zuma, resigned his positions on the family companies. The family packed their bags and headed for Dubai.Were they out? No way.With the nation so outraged at their actions, you would think our cabinet would think twice about being this family’s poodle. But no, sirree. Our cabinet demonstrated just how enamoured it is with the Guptas.How does one explain cabinet’s announcement last week that three ministers (yes, three) have been de...
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