A fresh controversy has engulfed South Africa as police launch an investigation into allegations that Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, helped recruit South Africans to fight for Russian private military groups in the Ukraine war. The claims, made in an affidavit by her own sister, allege that 17 men were lured with promises of well-paid jobs and are now stranded in the Donbas region. The case has been handed to a specialised police unit that handles crimes against the state. The scandal unfolds while Zuma-Sambudla is already on trial for her alleged role in the deadly 2021 unrest.