Stealing SA in a silent coup – report

An explosive academic report on the “shadow state” of South Africa shows the country has experienced a “silent coup” under an “underestimated” President Jacob Zuma.

In the 63-page report released on Thursday, Betrayal of the Promise: How South Africa is Being Stolen, the word “Gupta” is mentioned 346 times.

Compiled by academics at some of the country’s top universities, it highlights four pivotal moments in recent history which define a new era in which the silent coup has removed the ANC from its “place as the primary force for transformation in society”.

These incidents include the Marikana massacre in August 2012, the landing of the Gupta plane at Waterkloof Air Force base in April 2013, the “attempted bribing” of former deputy minister of finance Mcebisi Jonas to “sell the National Treasury” to the shadow state in late 2015 and the Cabinet reshuffle in March 2017.

The report states, “resistance and capture is what SA politics is about”. – Citizen reporter