South Africa’s main opposition party on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint in Johannesburg accusing President Jacob Zuma of corruption.
Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) party, said his party would make sure Jacob Zuma, and all those who aid and abet him, are held accountable for their flagrant abuse of power to make themselves rich at the expense of the poor and the jobless.
He urged the police to investigate.
Maimane said the affair has rattled the economy of the country and this could lead to possible ratings downgrades later this year.
“This has given even more ammunition to the opposition to try to unseat Zuma.’’
The opposition’s complain was coming after an anti-graft agency released a report listing allegations of influence peddling in his government.
The report, titled “State of Capture”, stopped short of reaching conclusive findings against the president, some of his ministers and heads of state-owned companies.
It, however, plunged Zuma into the latest crisis of his scandal-plagued presidency.
The carefully worded report by Thuli Madonsela, who reached the end of her tenure as Public Protector on Oct. 14, stopped short of asserting that crimes had been committed and called for a judge to investigate the allegations.
It focused on allegations that the brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta influenced the appointment of ministers, and called for an investigation into whether Zuma, some of his cabinet members and some state companies acted improperly.
Zuma, 74, denies providing special favours for wealthy friends, including the Guptas, who run a business empire from media to mining.
They also deny wrongdoing.
The chief executive of the state power utility, Brian Molefe, announced his resignation, a week after he was implicated in the anti-graft report.
Molefe denied any wrongdoing but said he was leaving his post in the company’s interest.
Source: NAN.
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