South Africa recalled its India envoy Anil Sooklal after a meeting between Jacob Zuma and Gupta-linked figures reopened the state-capture wound.
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Envoy recalled. International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has recalled South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal.
Trigger. The recall follows a meeting between former president Jacob Zuma and figures linked to the Gupta family, the brothers at the centre of South Africa’s state-capture scandal.
Senior diplomat. Sooklal is one of South Africa’s most experienced envoys and previously served as the country’s BRICS sherpa.
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