Kathrada Foundation renews calls for Guptas to 'pay back the money' following Interpol red notice
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has added its voice to organisations that have welcomed the issuing of a 'red notice' for the Gupta brothers Atul and Rajesh.
Interpol issued the notice on Monday, at least eight months after the National Prosecuting Authority applied for assistance in June last year.
The brothers are wanted for prosecution in South Africa in connection with alleged fraud and money laundering charges.
Atul and Rajesh are implicated in procurement fraud linked to the R24.9 million paid between November 2011 and April 2012 by the Free State Department of Agriculture to Nulane Investment.
While the red notice does not secure am arrest or conviction, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation spokesperson Delani Majola believes it's a step in the right direction.
"We do commend the work of the NPA so far but of course we'd like them to do more, and we'd like to speed up whatever efforts that are available to make sure that they are extradited, they are brought back into the country, and they face trial for some of the allegations against them.
"More importantly, we'd like to see the Gupta brothers bring back some of the money drawn out of the South African government," Majola adds.
The Gupta wives and four others, who were also tied to the case, do not have red notices issued against them.
Majola says the foundation hopes to see the entire the State capture network brought to book.
"Whilst we welcome the issuing of the red notice for the two brothers, we also feel that the associates as well are issued red notices as a matter of urgency."
The news of the red notice comes on the eve of the release of the third instalment of the State Capture report.
The notorious family is implicated in being a part of a larger scheme that funnelled billions of rands from state-owned companies.
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