Former president Jacob Zuma collaborated with a wealthy family called Gupta to put their own loyalists into political positions. To the extent that the damage and collusion is still being investigated to this day.
0.1 NOTIBLE INCIDENTS• The backroom deals that led to the purchasing of trains from the South Chinese Rail Company (中国南车) amounting to 6 billion USD. • Handing of state owned mines to members of Gupta family at dirt cheap prices • Help to expand Gupta family’s influence in a state owned company——Eskom, which is South Afica’s mainly electricity producer.