Angry MPs have proposed that Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba be summoned to Parliament to explain his decision to grant the Gupta family early citizenship. Fuming MPs from both the governing ANC and opposition parties were also unanimous in their unhappiness over the absence of current Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize and director-general Mkuseli Apleni on Tuesday morning at a meeting called to discuss the naturalisation of the Gupta family. The Guptas were naturalised as South African citizens by Gigaba during his tenure at home affairs in May 2015 after their original application was declined by officials of that department in January that year. The legality of Gigaba’s decision has been called into question after it emerged that Parliament had not been informed of the naturalisation of the Guptas‚ as required by law‚ and now the home affairs portfolio committee wants answers on the matter.
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