Zuma friends offered ministerial job

South Africa’s deputy finance minister has confirmed reports alleging that he was offered the position of finance minister by a member of the wealthy and controversial Gupta family. Mcebisi Jonas says he rejected the offer, calling it “a mockery of our hard-earned democracy”. The opposition has long accused President Jacob Zuma of letting the Guptas […]

South Africa’s deputy finance minister has confirmed reports alleging that he was offered the position of finance minister by a member of the wealthy and controversial Gupta family.
Mcebisi Jonas says he rejected the offer, calling it “a mockery of our hard-earned democracy”.
The opposition has long accused President Jacob Zuma of letting the Guptas wield excessive influence.
The Indian-born family dismissed the allegations as political game-playing.
In 2013, there was a scandal after a private jet carrying guests to the wedding of a Gupta family member was allowed to land at a South African military air force base in Pretoria.