Solly Mapaila accuses Jacob Zuma of lying about why he reshuffled Cabinet
Deputy general secretary of the South African Communist Party says he cannot understand why the president would ‘tell us the truth and lie to the public’
Solly Mapaila‚ the deputy secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP)‚ has submitted an affidavit to the inspector-general of intelligence‚ accusing President Jacob Zuma of lying about why he fired former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy‚ Mcebisi Jonas. Zuma reshuffled his Cabinet at the end of March‚ booting out Gordhan and Jonas. An official presidency statement at the time said the move had been prompted by a need for renewal. But Mapaila said Zuma had told SACP and ANC officials that he had based the decision on an intelligence report. "I’ve noticed many lies being said by the president. That is why I can confirm now [in] public‚ for the first time‚ I have deposed an affidavit against the president with the inspector-general of intelligence‚ because he had gone to court to refute the fact that when he was removing Pravin Gordhan and deputy minister Mcebisi Jonas that he used the intelligence report — and he had briefed us [on] that. And I couldn’t...
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