Former home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba appears to have bent over backwards to ensure the Gupta family were irregularly granted citizenship‚ letters released by the EFF suggest. An immigration expert said on Monday the apparent early granting of citizenship was highly suspicious and the EFF said it would go to court to have the Guptas’ citizenship revoked. Gigaba and the Guptas have yet to comment on the documents. The department said that it was trying to verify their authenticity. But Business Day has located correspondence in the thousands of leaked Gupta e-mails that supports their authenticity. One of the letters released by the EFF, and which appears to bear Gigaba’s signature, is dated May 30 2015. It purports to show Gigaba writing to Ajay Gupta. "I have decided by the virtues of the powers vested in me under the South African Citizenship Amendments Act to waive the residential requirements in regards to your application for naturalisation and grant you early naturalisati...
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