South Africa authorities raid Gupta property over graft

Members of the South African Asset Forfeiture Unit and other law enforcement agencies arrive to search the Gupta family compound on April 16, 2018 in Johannesburg. PHOTO | AFP

South African officials on Monday raided a Johannesburg property belonging to the Guptas, a wealthy business family at the heart of graft allegations against former president Jacob Zuma.

The Hawks police investigative unit and the tax service descended on the Guptas’ heavily protected compound in the upmarket suburb of Saxonwold.