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DA Marches Thro’ Rain to 900m from JZ’s “Real” Capture Site in Saxonwold

The Democratic Alliance (DA) today marched to a spot 900 metres from the Gupta Family’s compound in wealthy Johannesburg suburb, Saxonwold. They couldn’t get any closer to what they are calling “President Jacob Zuma’s REAL capture site”, due to an agreement with the family who had threatened an application to interdict the march. “Today we […]

By Jenni Baxter
05-10-17 15:51
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) today marched to a spot 900 metres from the Gupta Family’s compound in wealthy Johannesburg suburb, Saxonwold. They couldn’t get any closer to what they are calling “President Jacob Zuma’s REAL capture site”, due to an agreement with the family who had threatened an application to interdict the march.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane addresses the protesters in Saxonwold, South Africa. All photos: DA

“Today we had planned to march to the gates of the mansion, to show South Africa what Jacob Zuma’s capture site really looks like,” said DA leader Mmusi Maimane.

“But when they heard we were coming, the Guptas ran to their lawyers, who threatened to take us to court.

“What do the Gupta’s have to hide? And why are they scared of us?

“The truth is, they don’t want South Africa to see Jacob Zuma’s real capture site!”

Maimane said: “Behind the high walls of this Saxonwold compound, numerous important decisions affecting our country and its people have been made. All of these decisions made in the best interests of the pockets of Jacob Zuma, and the Gupta family – not the people of South Africa.”

The DA’s reference to Zuma’s Capture Site is a dig at the President’s unveiling yesterday in North West province, of the Jacob Zuma Capture Site (where young Zuma and others were captured by apartheid police on their way to Botswana for training) and the multimillion rand Jacob Zuma monument. Maimane said anyone who stays up to date with the news knows that “there is a new “Jacob Zuma capture site” here in Saxonwold.

“It is behind the high walls, electric fencing, and stringent private security of the Guptas mansion where many important decisions affecting our country are made. Where ministers are appointed and fired, where government contracts are signed, where national budgets are written, and where policy is decided.

“Every decision made there is made guided by one criteria: make Jacob Zuma, his friends, and the Gupta rich.

“The Gupta mansion is not only the capture site of Jacob Zuma, but several Cabinet Ministers too, including Malusi Gigaba, Faith Muthambi, Mosebenzi Zwane, Des Van Rooyen; as well as numerous top executives at State-Owned Entities such as Eskom, Transnet and Prasa.

“The Gupta mansion is the real capture site of Jacob Zuma, and the headquarters of corruption in South Africa.

“How sad that a young man in 1963 willing to risk his life for a free South Africa, has allowed his own legacy to be defined by corruption and the selling-out of that struggle. Indeed, the struggle for democracy and freedom has been abandoned by Jacob Zuma and his ANC.”

Maimane pointed out is has been months since the infamous “Gupta Leaks”… yet all those implicated walk free.

For this purpose, he says he has called on the Speaker of Parliament to immediately establish an ad hoc committee into State Capture by no later than 31 October 2017.

Photos of the what the DA are calling Jacob Zuma’s ‘Real’ Capture Site