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<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nWho is the family surrounding this corruption scandal? The Gupta brothers are a family of businessmen from India who moved to South Africa at the end of apartheid. They are mainly interested in mining, air travel, energy, technology and media (BBC, 2019).<\/p>\n
The Gupta, one of the richest families in South Africa self -imposed exile after a scandal of corruption involving ex-president Zuma and the party once directed by Nelson Mandela (Khandelwal, 2018).<\/p>\n
The family, originally from India, arrived in South Africa selling shoes and years later became the most influential family of the country at the end of apartheid. How did they become rich? Apparently, after Mandela\u2019s election in 1994, the family made connections with leaders of his party sought to mass wealth in the African National Congress. Slowly, the Guptas created ties with bureaucrats and became so close with ex-president Jacob Zuma that they made one of Zuma\u2019s son their business partner (Khandelwal, 2018).<\/p>\n
Later they bought a coal mine through government intervention and set up a media company which was also directed with the then president. They also made deals with other politicians of the African National Congress, who acted as fixers for multinational companies, which paid them kickbacks (Khandelwal, 2018).<\/p>\n
The charges were so serious that Jacob Zuma was forced to resign in February 2018 over allegations of corruption in his government and the Guptas fled South Africa and they are now living in Dubai as a result of these allegations (BBC, 2019).<\/p>\n
The Gupta family used their political connections to commit bribery, participate in rigged tenders and drain government assets (BBC, 2019).<\/p>\n
The US government has already taken measures against the Gupta family for their corruption network and has sanctioned members for leveraged overpayments and other corrupt acts (BBC, 2019).<\/p>\n
United Nations Convention Against Corruption<\/p>\n
This case is relevant because it shows how corruption is a new form of government intervention that slowly takes over not only government funds but gives the power to make important decisions such as minister appointments. The Gupta family used their economic power and transformed into political power in order to perpetuate their status in a newly formed country that surged after the end of apartheid. The Gupta\u2019s knew that it was important to get the support of Mandela\u2019s party to fix government contracts and misappropriate state assets.<\/p>\n
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<\/h3>\nAlso, it shows other examples of how the US government is looking to exclude not only companies but also people who are linked to corrupt acts abroad from the US financial system as a part of the anticorruption agenda. The case also shows a kind of clientelism, which consist in an unequal system of exchanging resources and favors between the wealthier and the less wealthy (Today, 2019).<\/p>\n
The Gupta family gave the money to public officials derived from rigged contract and they in exchange kept intervening in public procurement to maintain status and wealth.<\/p>\n
This is a case of political corruption as there was a manipulation of institutions, policies and rules of procedures by public officials in order to preserve power and money. Although the Gupta family was not originally from South Africa, in the time they arrived, they created important ties and connections with the political community. Once they gained enough political influence to grow their businesses, they profited from them and gave a portion to public officials in order to have preferential treatment in public procurement though bribes and kickbacks.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/streiner.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GUPTA1-1024x230.png\")
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References (Harvard – Anglia)<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC, 2019. BBC. <\/em>[Online] Khandelwal, S., 2018. The New York Times. <\/em>[Online] Today, I., 2019. India Today. <\/em>[Online] Context Who is the family surrounding this corruption scandal? The Gupta brothers are a family of businessmen from India who moved to South Africa at the end of apartheid. They are mainly interested in mining, air travel, energy, technology and media (BBC, 2019). Facts: Who gave what to whom and why? The Gupta, one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categoria_caso_estudio":[],"class_list":["post-788","caso_estudio","type-caso_estudio","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso_estudio\/788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso_estudio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/caso_estudio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_caso_estudio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_caso_estudio?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-50003150<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/22\/world\/africa\/gupta-zuma-south-africa-corruption.html<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/story\/us-blacklists-south-africa-indian-gupta-family-corruption-1608079-2019-10-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"