DA leader Mmusi Maimane has accused President Jacob Zuma of lying to dodge questions about Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas and the Gupta family. On Thursday, Maimane said in a statement that Zuma had lied in his response to a written question in Parliament about Jonas allegedly being offered a job by the Gupta family. The family, which the president and his son, Duduzane, are said to have close ties to, is said to have been allowed to influence Cabinet appointments and how state tenders were awarded. Maimane said he had asked Zuma why he had not replied to the public protector’s question on Jonas being offered a Cabinet position during a meeting with the Gupta’s in their Saxonwold home in October 2015, when he had replied to the question in Parliament in March. The DA leader said Zuma told Parliament that he could not respond to the public protector’s question because the question pertained to a matter that was before the courts. However, Maimane said that was not true because...
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