A daughter of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on Friday resigned as a lawmaker after explosive allegations that she tricked 17 South African men into joining a Russian mercenary group to fight in Ukraine.

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, who joined parliament in 2024 under her father’s opposition uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, is officially under a police investigation, but she denies allegations of involvement.

South African police revealed early last week that the investigations into Zuma-Sambudla’s role in the case were prompted after her half sister, Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube, filed an affidavit accusing the politician of trafficking South African men into fighting on the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine war with promises of lucrative job offers.

The scandal has exposed

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