GuptaLeaks: Who are 'the most hated family in South Africa?'

Race war claim is the latest scandal to hit family accused of usurping South African democracy

South Africa protest
Anti-corruption protests in Pretoria, April 2017
(Image credit: Mujahid Safodien/AFP/Getty Images)

A scandal involving a PR campaign which allegedly stoked racial tensions in South Africa has put one of the country’s wealthiest and most politically connected families under fresh media scrutiny.

The Gupta family hired British PR firm Bell Pottinger in early 2016 after their sprawling business empire was implicated in political corruption and cronyism involving President Jacob Zuma’s administration.

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