Zuma’s nephew named in leaked tax documents

Also implicated is Mr John Addo Kufuor, the eldest son of Ghana’s former President John Kufuor.

A nephew of South African President Jacob Zuma and the son of Ghana’s former President John Agyekum Kufuor were among African figures named in the Panama Papers trove of leaked tax documents.

Mr Clive Khulubuse Zuma is a cigar-chomping mining magnate, who is thought to own up to 19 collectible cars.

The documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca show that Mr Zuma was authorised to represent Caprikat Limited, one of two offshore companies that controversially acquired oil fields in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In 2010, as questions were raised about the acquisition, British Virgin Islands authorities ordered Mossack Fonseca to provide additional background information on Mr Zuma. Later that year, Mossack Fonseca ended its relationship with the companies.

REJECTED ALLEGATIONS

Mr Zuma and representatives of the companies have rejected allegations of wrongdoing and claimed the oil deals are “quite attractive” to the DRC Government.

Also implicated is Mr John Addo Kufuor, the eldest son of Ghana’s former President John Agyekum Kufuor, who led the country from 2001 to 2009.

A trained accountant, the younger Kufuor is said in the documents to have controlled a $75,000 bank account in Panama for his father and his mother that he ran through an offshore company. He did not respond to the ICIJ’s requests for a comment.

The son of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso also appears in the Mossack Fonseca files, in the 1990s.