Gupta Family Denies Leaked South African Emails Are Real
- Gupta says concept of white monopoly capital always existed
- Family says company advisers are ‘very credible people’
Companies controlled by the Gupta family, who are friends with Zuma, pictured, and in business with his son, were dropped by their South African bankers, brokers and auditors.
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A raft of emails leaked to South African media about how the Gupta family have won billions of rands of contracts from state-owned companies and influenced government decisions through their closeness to President Jacob Zuma isn’t authentic, family member Atul Gupta said.
“There’s no authenticity of Gupta Leaks at all,” Gupta told the British Broadcasting Corp. in an interview. There is every-day “perception-mongering to drive their own agenda,” he said.