South African former minister claims he doesn't know which Gupta brother offered him millions and ministry Former South African deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas has thrown 'State Capture' hearings into confusion by admitting he didn't know who offered him a huge bribe and promotion. Jonas told Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's commission of inquiry on Friday he only recognised the man he claimed to have met on 23 October 2015 as one of the three Gupta brothers “from media reports.” The commission's key witness claimed the mystery man, who did not identify himself, offered him a 600 million Rand (£33 million) bribe and his then-boss, finance minster Nhlanhla Nene's job – if he would help the family group raise its share of government and parastatal enterprise contracts. “I had not previously met any of the Gupta brothers, but I recognised him... from media reports,” said Jonas in his statement. “At the time, I did not know his name as he...

Nicaragua's foreign minister has accused the continent's human rights body of undermining its claimed neutrality and violating the regional bloc's charter with a “biased and politicised” report on months of violent anti-government protests. Minister for International Policy and Affairs Siddharta Marin's office denounced the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) final report in a statement late on Saturday night. It said the commission, a wing of the Washington DC-based Organisation of American States (OAS), had joined a “political and media campaign of lies, misrepresentation, epithets and stigmatization” against Daniel Ortega's Sandinista government. The statement accused the IACHR of ignoring documentary evidence presented by the government in favour of “audio-visual information and testimonies edited and manipulated by the perpetrators” of the “attempted coup.” The ministry said the commission “used biased criteria” and avoided passing judgem...