South Africa’s Zuma family is at the center of a scandal where the former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter is accused of tricking a group of men into joining Russia’s war in Ukraine. South African police are investigating the claims.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office confirmed it received distress calls from 17 South African men who say they were sent to the frontline in Ukraine without their consent. In a separate case, five others have been arrested on suspicion they were planning to travel to Russia as mercenaries, this is illegal under South African law.
00:00 Are South African men being lured into fighting Russia’s war in Ukraine?
00:49 DW Correspondent Dianne Hawker reports from Johannesburg
05:13 Sanusha Naidu, Institute For Global Dialogue
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