SA President Jacob Zuma and The Gupta family

[Gabbar Singh]

An interesting story from South Africa.

The South African President has been accused of corruption and in particular taking bribes from the Gupta family in exchange for political favours.

Some background:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22513410

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_family

To deflect attention away from all the corruption scandals the Gupta's hired a British PR firm to spread fake news and to incite racial tensions in the country.

Well it didn't end well for the PR company in question.

What was Bell Pottinger doing in South Africa?


Bell Pottinger’s 'economic emancipation' campaign used traditional and social media, including​ a fake blog and​ Twitter account, to target wealthy white South African individuals and corporations. The agency’s alleged role was to stir up anger about 'white monopoly capital' and 'economic apartheid' to draw attention away from the wealthy​ Gupta family, who have been accused of benefiting financially from their links to President Jacob Zuma. Bell Pottinger, which created and commissioned content​, did not invent​ 'white monopoly capital' but used the ​term 'on occasion'​. ​It also used other tactics, such as misleading or undermining journalists questioning the campaign.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/sep/05/bell-pottingersouth-africa-pr-firm

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[Gabbar Singh]

Meet the real-life commanders of the Guptas' fake news army
How fake messages from the black-ops world of an automated Twitter army spilled over into reality

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/so...life-commanders-of-the-guptas-fake-news-army/