Gupta family is a wealthy Indian-born family with business interests in South Africa, whose most notable members are brothers Ajay, Atul, and Rajesh "Tony" Gupta—as well as Atul's nephews Varun, and US-based Ashish and Amol.
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The family owns a business empire spanning computer equipment, media, and mining.
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The Gupta family became synomous with corruption in South Africa and has been sanctioned by multiple countries for their activities.
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In 2016, Atul Gupta family became the seventh-wealthiest person in South Africa, with an estimated net worth of R10.
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The Gupta family was based at the Sahara Estate in Saxonwold, Johannesburg, a compound comprising at least four mansions, until 2016 when they left South Africa for Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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In 2017, it was discovered that British PR company Bell Pottinger, acting on behalf of Gupta family-owned Oakbay Investments, had deliberately manipulated and inflamed racial tensions, stirred up racial hatred, and made accusations of "white monopoly capital, " using a large number of fake Twitter and other accounts online, as part of a campaign to portray Oakbay and those connected to it as victims, apparently intended to deflect corruption claims.
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Gupta family has been the focus of extensive international scrutiny and caused much political controversy as result of their close ties to former President Jacob Zuma, before and during his presidency.
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Zuma's close relationship with the Gupta family is a source of tension within his own party, the African National Congress.
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Since then, the Gupta family have been involved in a number of events involving Zuma and his Gupta family.
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The Gupta family is known to have been a supporter of Zuma during his power struggle for leadership of the ANC with then-president Thabo Mbeki in 2005.
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Gupta family explained that the Commission communicated through its defence adviser with the chief of defence for foreign relations in the SA National Defence Force.
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The Gupta family apologised for the incident, stating that they had applied for special permission to land as a number of the guests were Indian government ministers and that it was promoting tourism to South Africa.
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In 2017, it was revealed that the wedding was paid for by funds, laundered through Dubai, and granted to a Gupta family-linked company by the Free State Province government, purportedly as part of the Vrede Dairy Project.
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Gupta family said she declined the offer, which occurred at the Guptas' Saxonwold residence, while President Zuma was in another room.
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The Gupta family denied that the meeting took place and denied offering Vytijie a ministerial position.
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Former bodyguards of the Gupta family have stated that they often saw important government officials, such as Hlaudi Motsoeneng the COO of the state broadcaster, the SABC, and large amounts of money in cash moving out of the Gupta's Saxonwold estate.
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The bodyguards stated that Ajay Gupta family would visit President Zuma up to three times a week until 2015 at the presidential guest house in Pretoria.
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Ranjeni Munusamy of the Daily Maverick stated the "Gupta family has effectively usurped the function of the ANC deployment committee, " thereby undermining the party's ability to independently and legitimately select senior ministers and executives in government and state owned companies.
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The Gupta family have denied any wrongdoing and welcomed the opportunity to challenge the report's findings in an official judiciary inquiry.
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Gupta family said it "was done in a funny way" with "no fairness at all" and argued he was not given enough time to respond to the public protector.
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In 2010, the Gupta family-owned firm Imperial Crown Trading, along with Duduzane Zuma who was a part owner in ICT, were involved in a dispute with ArcelorMittal and Anglo American plc over the rightful ownership of Kumba Iron Ore, which owns Sishen mine, one of Africa's largest iron mines.
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South African Sunday Times alleged that a Gupta family owned company, Tegeta, benefited from official connections in the awarding of a R4 billion contract to supply coal to the state electrical utility company Eskom.
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Gupta family declined to comment on whether its export allocation was being sold.
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The Gupta family denied being involved in any effort to remove Gordhan from office in 2017, much of Gupta auditor KPMG's senior leadership in South Africa resigned, and a report, issued by KPMG in 2015, accusing Gordhan of improprieties was withdrawn, after an internal investigation found that the work done by KPMG for the Gupta family fell "considerably short" of the firm's standards, and amid a rising political and public backlash.
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Gupta family was implicated in the alleged improper awarding of a contract to install a new boiler at the Duvha Power Station to Dongfang Electric after the Gupta connected advisory firm Trillian gave the Dongfang bid the go ahead.
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On 4 February 2016 Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters announced that members of the press from Gupta family owned media companies, ANN7 and The New Age, would no longer be welcome at future EFF media announcements.
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Media interests owned by Gupta family were blamed by other South African media organisations and civil society organisations for running fake news campaigns against a number of individuals and groups judged hostile to Gupta family interests.
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Zuma's relationship with the Gupta family became a campaign issue that negatively affected the ANC's performance in the 2016 South African municipal elections.
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Gupta family has filed an interdict against its last remaining bank in South Africa, the Bank of Baroda, to prevent it from closing their accounts at the bank.
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The Bank of Baroda did this after flagging 36 suspicious transactions on Gupta family linked accounts over a ten-month period valued at R4.
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On 16 February 2018, two days after Zuma had stepped down as president of South Africa, Ajay Gupta family was declared a fugitive from justice by South African authorities after failing to turn himself over to the authorities.
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