Malusi Gigaba rejects allegations in Gupta e-mail stories
Asked about his relationship with the Gupta family, the finance minister said he would not be implicated in news about them interfering in the running of the country
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has rejected all allegations of wrongdoing while he was minister of public enterprises. Gigaba was responding at a media conference Friday to questions related to e-mails linking people he appointed to the boards of state-owned companies to the Gupta family and its associates. “No one has given me these e-mails or told me how they were obtained‚ whether through proper means or fabricated‚ so I don’t know‚” said Gigaba. Gigaba emphasised that ministers were not involved in the procurement decisions of state-owned enterprises, and questioned the origin of the e-mails that were leaked to the media. “I have done no wrong. When you don’t know whether a person has malicious intentions‚ you will not be able to predict the outcome prior. I’m on record that we must run a clean government,” he said Gigaba said he welcomed the announcement of a commission of inquiry into state capture: “We should be allowed to sit in the commission and answer to allegations. A co...
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