By Johnathan Paoli
A rift has erupted within former president Jacob Zuma’s family over South African men who have allegedly been lured into the Russian-Ukrainian war under false pretences.
This was after Zuma’s eldest daughter, Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube, opened a criminal case against her sister, uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, over the recruitment of 17 South African men now stranded in the war.
In a statement on Sunday, Zuma-Mncube confirmed she filed the criminal case at the Sandton Police Station on Saturday evening.
She named Zuma-Sambudla, Siphokazi Xuma, and Blessing Khoza as respondents, alleging that their conduct contravened the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, the Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act, and the common law crime of fraud.
“These men were lured to Russia under false pretences and handed to a Russian mercenary group to fight in the Ukraine war without their knowledge or consent.
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