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17:10, 14-Feb-2018
S.African police raid house of Zuma's allies in graft probe
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South African police on Wednesday raided the Johannesburg home of the business family accused of overseeing government corruption under President Jacob Zuma, who has been ordered to resign by his party.
Zuma is expected to respond to the ANC party's order later Wednesday, hours after police arrived at the Gupta family's heavily protected house in the upmarket suburb of Saxonwold in the early morning.
"We have now left the compound. It is an operation that is ongoing related to issues of 'state capture'," police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi told AFP referring to the alleged corruption of state institutions under Zuma's reign.
South African elite police unit Hawks also arrested three people and two other suspects are expected to hand themselves in after raids on various properties in Johannesburg as part of a wider corruption probe, spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
The raided properties include the family compound of the Gupta brothers, businessmen friends of President Jacob Zuma.
The president, who could be ousted in a parliamentary vote of no confidence if he clings to office, has "agreed in principle to resign", secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) Ace Magashule said Tuesday.
The power struggle over Zuma's departure has put him at loggerheads with deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, his expected successor, who is the new head of the party.
"Recalling" the head of state is a party-level instruction that the 75-year-old Zuma is under no constitutional obligation to obey.
Source(s): AFP