A Johannesburg man who identified himself only as Peter is nearing the second day of his one-man picket against the decision to charge Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan with fraud.
Brandishing his “Hands off Pravin, arrest Zupta” placard at passing motorists on busy Barry Hertzog Avenue in the northern Johannesburg suburb of Emmarentia, the man – who is a contractor at one of the country’s parastatals – said: “This is the least I can do.”
"Zupta" is a contraction of "Zuma" and "Gupta", and alludes to the relationship between the president and the Gupta family.