RANJENI MUNUSAMY: After the Guptas come the wheelers and dealers
'Many business people are celebrating the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC president, not because they have confidence in his leadership but because they believe they have leverage with him'
The once-mighty Gupta family are struggling to save themselves. After years of pillaging billions of public money, their state capture network is under attack on various fronts. President Jacob Zuma and the other Gupta "friends" are about to learn that their Saxonwold benefactors care less about them than Donald Trump cares about the hillbillies he duped into voting for him.The Guptas feted them for as long as they were politically useful and while these "friends" could give them access to state resources. The Guptas were banking on the election of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to keep their wheel of fortune turning and retain the protection racket that shielded them from the law. Now they face investigations of state capture, including in parliament and in a judicial commission of inquiry, which they must navigate without political cover. Many South Africans wait expectantly to see the Guptas and their cohorts in the dock. It is a matter of time before this happens as a team of NPA invest...
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