Malusi Gigaba defends his wife and economic adviser in Parliament
The finance minister told the standing committee on finance that his wife did not influence his work, despite what was suggested in a TV interview
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba was forced to defend both his wife and his economic adviser, while also dishing out marital advice, in his first appearance before his parliamentary oversight committee. Appearing before the standing committee on finance on Tuesday‚ Gigaba was asked by EFF MP Floyd Shivambu whether his wife Norma had been attending official government meetings with him. This comes after his wife told a TV station in an interview — which has sparked outrage on social media — that she had helped improve IT processes related to the management of passport applications during his tenure at the Department Home Affairs. But Gigaba said "Mrs Gigabyte", as his IT specialist wife is affectionately known‚ did not influence his work. "Because you just got married‚ you’ll learn that not only do people outside suggest to you ‘don’t do this’‚ ‘dress like this’‚ you may want to conduct yourself in a particular way. My wife does the same‚" he said‚ also in reference to Shivambu’s weddi...
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