President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane was present when members of the Gupta family offered Deputy Minister Mcebisi Jonas then-finance minister Nhlanhla Nene’s job‚ the Sunday Times can reveal‚ the newspaper reported.

Jonas is said to have been offered the finance ministry twice‚ first by the Guptas at a Sandton hotel on November 27 last year‚ and again a few days later by ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte.

The London-based Financial Times reported this week that the Guptas — close friends of Zuma — met Jonas just before Nene was fired‚ to tell him they wanted him to be the next political head of the National Treasury.

The Guptas said through an attorney yesterday: “There have been an extraordinary number of allegations around the Gupta family in recent weeks‚ several of which have involved the Finance Ministry. As we have said countless times‚ our primary focus is on business‚ not politics. To be absolutely clear: there was no meeting at all‚ let alone any inferences or cash offers.”