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WEALTHY Gupta family members sought meetings yesterday with South African banks that have boycotted their business group, jeopardising thousands of jobs.
Absa, FNB, Nedbank and Sasfin, together with auditing transnational corporation KPMG, have all cut off business relations with Gupta companies Oakbay, Sahara Holdings and TNA in an unprecedented boycott over their alleged relationship with the ruling African National Congress (ANC).
The banking boycott coincided with opposition parties’ failed attempt to impeach President Jacob Zuma.
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how ancient traditions practiced today can be the cornerstone of anti-imperialism in Africa
The shared path of the South African Communist Party and the ANC to the ballot box has found itself at a junction. SABINA PRICE reports
SALEEM BADAT and VASU REDDY introduce a new book about an outstanding interpreter of the world, and an activist scholar committed to changing society
The charter emerged from a profoundly democratic process where people across South Africa answered ‘What kind of country do we want?’ — but imperial backlash and neoliberal compromise deferred its deepest transformations, argues RONNIE KASRILS