Following the arrest of five people including the SA FM radio presenter, it has ermerged that former South African President and Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) Jacob Zuma allegedly travelled to Russia to try and intervene in the 17 South Africans who were lured to join the Ukraine-Russia war.
Zuma is alleged to have travelled to Russia at the end of September to try and intervene in the matter relating to 17 people that were lured to join the Ukraine-Russia war.
According to close sources within the Zuma family in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the is not well between the Zuma’s in Nkandla.
This comes after it has emrged that three of the 17 people are from the Zuma family and they are related to the fired former president African National Congress (ANC).
Over the past weekend the Hawks arrested five people including the SAfm Radio Presenter Nonkululeko Mantula (39).
Other co-accused are Thulani Mazibuko (24) Xolani Ntuli (47) Siphamandla Tshabalala (23) and Sifiso Mabena (21).
The suspects are expected back at the Kempton Park Magistrate Court within seven days to apply for bail where they are facing charges of contravening the Foreign Military Assistance Act.
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla was forced to voluntary resign as the member of parliament on Friday to focus on bringing back the 17 South Africans stuck in the Ukraine-Russia war.
The Zuma relatives who who cannot be named and who were lured to the Ukraine-Russia war are aged between (34), (28) and the grandchild who is (26)
Two members of the Zuma family who spoke to spoke to MDN News on condition that they remain anonymous said that the situation was bad between the members of the family.
“The situation is really bad. The families are not on speaking terms. The two boys who are stuck in that Ukraine-Russia war are Msholozi’s sons. His late older brother was their father. We are basically family. The problem about this is the fact this has become a war of both families as no one has bothered to call a family meeting to discuss the mess that Duduzile and her cronies did,” said the member.
Another family member said that the mother of the two boys has met Zuma but there was no way forward after the meeting.
“The mother of the two boys, who happens to be the wife of Zuma’s older brother took it upon herself to go and meet with her brother in law to find a solution to the mess that Duduzile created. She came back empty handed, the meeting was fruitless because aince then we are all hearing things fromthe media.
“The culprit is Duduzile. She is blueticking us and not saying a word to us as the family. She has never met any of the mothers of these boys who are overseas. The last time one of us spoke to her was when she was welcoming the boys in Russia and handed them over to the Russians. After that she has been scarce here in Nkandla. We think there was a lot of money involve which tempted her to recruit people for the Russians. All we want is for the family to work together and bring our boys back at home. If she’s indeed involved or she was blindsided, she must go and defdend herself in court,” another family member said.
Attempts to get comment from MK Party National Spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela proved fruitless as the calls and WhatsApp messages were ignored.
It will be remembered that Zuma’s older daughter, Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube, opened a criminal case against her sister, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, in connection with the 17 South African men who were allegedly lured to Russia and sent to fight in Ukraine without their consent.
Zuma-Mncube said she had laid charges at the Sandton police station on November 22, and one of the people she is opening a case against is her sister.
She further said in her affidavit that out of all the 17 men, eight of them were close family members.