"Gold mafia helped Gupta brothers in South Africa state capture", Al Jazeera, 14 april 2023. Geraadpleegd op 23 februari 2024. “Since their arrival in South Africa in 1993, the Guptas managed to build a vast business empire and they eventually came to wield enormous influence in the country, allowing them to obtain large amounts of state funds that they laundered offshore. As their power grew, the Guptas were awarded state contracts, allegedly bribed politicians and even had influence over ministerial appointments in Zuma’s government. Such was their clout that in 2013, they managed to use a South African military airport to bring hundreds of guests from India for a wedding, sparking a national controversy.”
"The rot of South African corruption runs deeper than most people think", Business Standard, 1 februari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 februari 2024. “The name Gupta has become synonymous with state corruption in South Africa, as the family allegedly used its friendship with Jacob Zuma when he was president to win contracts and pick cabinet members.”
"FBI investigates South Africa's Gupta family", DW, 19 oktober 2017. Geraadpleegd op 18 februari 2024. “The FBI has focused its investigations on US citizens, Ashish and Amol Gupta, nephews of South African based Atul and Ajay Gupta. Cash flows between the company owned by Ashish and Amol, and Gupta linked companies in South Africa, are the subject of the investigation.”
"In Gupta Brothers’ Rise and Fall, the Tale of a Sullied A.N.C.", The New York Times. Geraadpleegd op 23 februari 2024. “The Guptas found eager partners at all levels of the A.N.C., from bureaucrats to a sitting president, Jacob Zuma, according to dozens of interviews by The New York Times, as well as government investigators, international auditors, emails from a Gupta company, financial records and court documents.”
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"‘State capture’: the corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa", The Guardian, 11 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 18 februari 2024. “They have given accounts that implicate cabinet ministers, senior lawmakers and even the prosecutors tasked with investigating the corrupt practices of Watson’s logistics company, Bosasa. The video is the most dramatic evidence yet of corruption within the ruling African National Congress (ANC).”
"Gupta brothers arrested in Dubai over alleged corruption in South Africa", The Guardian, 6 juni 2022. Geraadpleegd op 18 februari 2024. “Two wealthy Indian-born business brothers who were allegedly at the centre of a massive web of state corruption in South Africa have been arrested in Dubai, Pretoria announced on Monday.The arrests came as an investigation was concluded into massive plundering of state institutions during former president Jacob Zuma’s era.”
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Govender, Prega, "From Saharanpur to Saxonwold...", 27 februari 2011. Geraadpleegd op 18 februari 2024. “...the Gupta brothers - Ajay, 45, Atul, 42, and Rajesh, 39 - who are now super-rich South African residents. In South Africa there is growing concern about the Guptas' cosy relationship with President Jacob Zuma...”
