Author: Myburgh, Pieter-Louis.
Title: The Republic of Gupta. A Story of State Capture.
Description: Penguin / Random House. 2017 reprint. 306pp illustrated large format paperback. 0.5kg. Inscription top of ffep else a VG+ copy. ISBN: 9781776090891 The Guptas, arguably South Africa’s most infamous family, have dominated news headlines for many years. But the landing of a commercial airliner packed with wedding guests at Air Force Base Waterkloof in 2013 sparked the most severe onslaught of public outrage that the politically connected family had endured up to that fateful day. Since then, they have become embroiled in allegations of state capture, of dishing out cabinet posts to officials who would do their bidding, and of benefiting from lucrative state contracts and dubious loans. This book examines the various controversies surrounding the family and explores the path that took the brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta from an obscure town in India to the inner circle of South African president Jacob Zuma. Unpacking these and other questions, the author delves deeper than ever before into the Guptas’ business dealings and their links to prominent South African politicians, and explains how one family managed to transform an entire country into The Republic Of Gupta.

Keywords: politics south southern africa african ajay atul rajesh gupta brothers jacob zuma state capture


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