• Gupta brothers are controversial for their close relationship with South African president Jacob Zuma
• In 2016 Atul Gupta became the 7th wealthiest person in South Africa with an estimated net worth of US$773.47 million
• In 1993, migrated from UP, India to South Africa to establish Sahara Computers.

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April 10 2023: S.Africa to appeal judgement by UAE court on extradition of Gupta brothers

South Africa will appeal the decision by a court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to decline the extradition of the Indian-origin Gupta brothers to be tried in the country for fraud and money laundering, said Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola.

Lamola made the remarks on Friday at a virtual media briefing on updates about the extradition of Rajesh and Atul Gupta, The brothers are also accused of influencing former President Jacob Zuma to appoint individuals to certain cabinet and government posts to facilitate corruption.

The extradition was denied by a UAE court on February 13, and South Africa was informed on April 5, according to the Minister.

“The reasons provided for denying our request are of a technical nature and fly in the face of the assurances given by Emirati authorities that our requests meet their requirements,” said Lamola.

Aug 1 2022: NRI Gupta Brothers did not capture state, they were just corrupt: South Africa’s Opposition leader

On July 25, the South African government submitted a formal request to the UAE government for the extradition of Atul and Rajesh Gupta from Dubai.

South Africa's Opposition leader Julius Malema said in a nationally televised broadcast

“We are not saying that the Guptas captured the state. They did not capture the state. They were stealing tenders. There is a difference between the capturing of the state and corruption. (The Guptas) were engaged in corrupt activities,”
State capture describes a form of corruption in which business magnates and politicians conspire to influence a country’s decision-making process to advance their own interests.
“We fought successfully against a Gupta criminal syndicate. When everybody was scared of the Guptas, we confronted the Guptas and we stand here proud today that we defeated the Guptas,” he said.
“We joined forces with other political formations. We defeated the most powerful criminal syndicate,” Malema added.

June 07,2022: Dubai arrests 2 NRI Gupta brothers over South Africa over Zuma-era corruption

June 07,2022 Dubai police said Tuesday they arrested two brothers from the Gupta family, wanted over allegedly looting state money with former South African President Jacob Zuma. The arrest of Atul and Rajesh Gupta, who had lived for years in the sheikhdom, was the latest major extradition arrest by authorities in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai in particular has long welcomed the wealthy with little question into its luxury neighborhoods.

Feb 16, 2019:Ajay Gupta is no longer a wanted man South Africa police.We may be watching the judicial equivalent of a footballer missing an open goal, here. The NPA have made the controversial decision to drop the arrest warrant that was issued for Ajay Gupta last February.

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The Guptas’ racism and their manipulation of race in South Africa

Black waiters to wash themselves before they could serve the wedding guests.

• White people to clean their rooms and even only white people to drive their cars
• Gupta, had called security guards working at their Saxonwold compound “monkeys..

Aug. 30, 2016: Undue political sway over South Africa President & Small Mistakes, Gupta family in South Africa to sell All Holdings

• Aug 29, 2016: Deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas publicly stated that a member of the Gupta family had offered him his boss’s job. High-profile members of the ruling party made claims that the brothers were offering senior government posts in return for favours, prompting accusations....

• Durban Aug 28, 2016: Gupta family hits back at DA's Maynier – The Gupta family has on Sunday pleaded with the Democratic Alliance's David Maynier to stop using the family name “as a football in his party-politicking battles”.

• May 07, 2013: The beginners' guide to the Guptas

• Gupta ‘rift between Zuma and Mantashe’

• Date 03.05.2013: Gupta scandal:South Africa suspends officials- South Africa has suspended five senior government officials including military personnel following the unauthorized landing of a private chartered plane at an Air Force base. International relations office for clearance who granted permission for the aircraft to land. But the ministers have refuted all this, saying no executive permission was granted, meaning that they were not informed about it and they wouldn't allow it since they were not diplomats but rather people going to attend a wedding. At the same time according to a family statement Waterkloof Air Force base was used with the full permission of the authorities to receive foreign dignitaries including ministers. Who is telling the truth?...

Jacob Zuma was elected president of South Africa in 2009. In 2007, he won the presidency of the African National Congress, the country's leading political party. Zuma served as deputy president of South Africa from 1999 to 2005.

He is a controversial politician, involving himself in several legal scandals associated with corruption and racketeering. A polygamist, Zuma has 20 children.

Brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta from South Africa are with Swami Ramdev

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Gupta family wants to sell all shareholding in S. Africa

Cape Town, Aug 28, 2016: Implicated in a corruption scandal, the wealthy Indian Gupta family on Saturday announced its intention to sell all of its shareholding in South Africa by the end of the year.

"We are already in discussions with several international prospective buyers and will soon be in a position to make further announcements," Xinhua quoted the family as saying.

"We believe that this decision is in the best interests of our business, the country and our colleagues," said a statement by the family.

With huge business interests in South Africa and close ties with President Jacob Zuma, the Gupta family has been accused of "state capture" by influencing Zuma in the appointment of cabinet ministers. The family, however, denied the accusation.

Following the scandal that rocked South Africa, the family decided to step down from all executive and non-executive positions in all their South African business in April 2016.

Ever since, the local management team has grown the Gupta's businesses from strength to strength, with turnover and profits showing good growth and more jobs created, said the statement.

"As a family, we now believe that the time is right for us to exit our shareholding of the South African businesses which we believe will benefit our existing employees and lead to further growth in the businesses," it said. ....IANS