MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Maimane added that Zuma, along with the politically well-connected Gupta family and other associates, have abused their power to grow a fortune while the vast majority of South African people are living in poverty and unemployment.
"The Democratic Alliance (DA) has today laid criminal charges against President Jacob Zuma, and his band of cronies, for their role in aiding, promoting and benefiting from the corrosive project of State Capture in South Africa," Maimane said, as quoted in the statement.
On Novermber 2, Zuma withdrew a court bid to block the publication of an anti-corruption report by ombudswoman Thuli Madonsela's. The report refers to allegedly improper and unethical conduct of Zuma and his associates with respect to an alleged relationship with the Gupta family and its businesses.
