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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.
ARTHUR WEST surveys the achievements of the Scottish campaign against South African apartheid and how we can draw on them to fight a rising far right
ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how ancient traditions practiced today can be the cornerstone of anti-imperialism in Africa