Blade Nzimande criticises government’s inaction against the Guptas
The South African Communist Party general secretary calls for ‘every cent’ of stolen money to be traced because it ‘belongs to the people of this country’
South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande has used the Cosatu march against state capture to criticise the government’s failure to act against the Guptas and all those linked with them. Nzimande addressed thousands of workers at Bank City in the Johannesburg city centre on Wednesday where the workers were handing a memorandum of demands to the banks during the Cosatu march. "Let us make a vow as workers that our money, which has been stolen and is in Dubai, must be traced and let us get it back. Every cent of it. That money belongs to the people of this country. We are saying to the Hawks‚ why are you sitting back and not acting against this broad looting of the state. Why is the NPA [National Prosecuting Authority] not acting‚" Nzimande asked. Nzimande also used the platform to urge public sector unions to keep a close eye on the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which is believed to be the next target of the Guptas. Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on ...
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