South Africa is reeling from a story that feels too surreal to be real. Seventeen men travel for “security jobs,” only to find themselves in the middle of Russia’s war machinery. And now, a political bombshell: allegations that the recruitment trail leads straight to Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, now a sitting MP, and long known for her pro-Russia politics online. So what really happened here? Were these men misled or trafficked? Did someone inside South Africa actively help funnel recruits into Putin’s war? And why does every clue, every testimony, every digital breadcrumb point back to one of the country’s most controversial political families?