ANA reports that the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has welcomed the preservation order granted by the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein against the Gupta-linked Estina dairy business.  

Judge Fouche Jordaan on Thursday ordered that money, not exceeding an amount of R220,202,652, which was described in the order as being the “proceeds of crime”, be frozen.  Jordaan also ordered that the remaining extent of the Free State farm at issue, which is co-owned by President Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane Zuma and other entities in the Gupta empire, be preserved and that the farm be put under curatorship of the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU).  In a statement on Sunday, Saftu stated that it “congratulates all those, including the federation itself, whose relentless pressure forced the AFU to act and hopes that this court order and the action by the AFU will be followed by similar action against all those implicated, directly or indirectly in the looting of public funds."

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• Read Saftu’s press statement in full at Saftu online

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