It’s emerged the Gupta family paid for the trip as a reward after Zwane successfully pushed the Free State government to give the Gupta-affiliated company, Estina, a 4,400-hectare farm, along with R114 million in funding, in 2012.
The Democratic Alliance says Zwane breached the Executive Members’ Ethics Act by failing to declare who sponsored the trip.
Shadow Minister for Mineral Resources James Lorimer says: “Any travel that is paid for by somebody else has to be declared and in no place did he declare that trip he made in 2012, which emails show they were all sponsored by the Guptas.
“And we believe that in not declaring this trip, he has breached the Executive Members’ Act and that must be investigated by the Public Protector.”
