/ 19 August 2021

Zuma implicates Mandela and foundation in arms deal

All Eyes Were On President Jacob Zuma As He Delivered His First State Of The Nation Address On Wednesday In Cape Town. Nelson Mandela Supported Jacob Zuma.
Former president Jacob Zuma has implicated South Africa’s founding democratic president, the late Nelson Mandela, and his foundation, in having benefited from the 1990s arms deal in a letter seen by the Mail & Guardian. (Photo by Media24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
The former president has written to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, requesting documents that he says will prove his innocence

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