The son of South Africa’s president has resigned from a company owned by a family accused of wielding undue political influence in the country.
Duduzane Zuma said he was leaving his position in a mining company owned by the controversial Gupta family due to “a sustained political attack”.
Both President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family deny that they influenced the appointment of key ministers.
President Zuma is facing increased pressure to resign.
As well as the controversy over the Gupta family, the Constitutional Court recently said the president had violated the constitution by not paying back public money used to upgrade his private residence in Nkandla.
He survived an attempt to impeach him in parliament.
Mr Zuma resigned from Shiva Uranium, a subsidiary of the Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments.
Two members of the Gupta family – non-executive chairman Atul Gupta and head Varun Gupta – have also resigned with immediate effect from Oakbay, but it remains in the family’s hands.
The Guptas moved from India to South Africa in 1993 and have acquired interests in computers, mining and air travel.
Mr Zuma’s critics have said his relationship to the Guptas is so close that they describe the two families as the “Zuptas”.
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Source: BBC