S.Africa Zuma consulting advisers on setting up inquiry into graft allegations: Ramaphosa

Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa speaks during the Botswana-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Pretoria, South Africa, November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma is consulting legal advisers about setting up a judicial inquiry into allegations of influence-peddling within his government, his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa told parliament on Wednesday.

New allegations in recent weeks of inappropriate collusion between state-owned companies and business interests close to Zuma have put more pressure on the scandal-plagued leader and ministers close to him.

(Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

 

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