During a Cadre's Forum meeting in Port Shepstone, KZN - Bheki Cele ANC's national executive committee (NEC) member called for The Gupta Family alongside with their friends in the ANC to leave South Africa. Cele made it clear that ANC is a movement for the people and not the elite Members of the movement.

He said he didn’t go to exile for the Gupta's to take charge of the country and lead them. He pleaded with the People of South Africa for the removal of the Gupta family in South Africa with immediate effect.