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The daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma is at the center of an international scandal and a bitter family feud after being accused of luring at least 17 men—including eight family members—into fighting for Russia in Ukraine under false pretenses, leading to her resignation from parliament. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a prominent daughter of former President Jacob Zuma, has resigned from her seat in South Africa's parliament amid explosive allegations that she helped traffic fellow citizens to the front lines of the war in Ukraine. The scandal, which has triggered a police investigation and exposed deep divisions within one of the country's most famous political families, began when Zuma-Sambudla's half-sister, Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube, filed a formal criminal complaint against her. The Alleged Scheme: From Job Training to the Trenches According to the complaint and accounts from families, at least 17 South African men were recruited with pr...