Tainted Zwane faces full-scale state capture inquiry
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane is a controversial figure, linked closely to the Gupta family
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane will be subjected to a full-scale state capture inquiry by the parliamentary portfolio committee on mineral resources and could be summonsed to answer questions after his repeated failure to appear before the committee. Zwane, plucked in 2015 by former president Jacob Zuma from obscurity as Free State agriculture MEC to head the important mineral resources ministry, is a controversial figure, linked closely to the Gupta family. He has often been mentioned as one of the tainted ministers likely to be fired by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Zwane made a brief and unsatisfactory appearance before the committee to answer questions about state capture in October 2017 and has subsequently twice failed to appear before the committee, provoking its ire. "The committee could no longer entertain further postponements from the minister and took a decision to institute an inquiry," said committee chairman Sahlulele Luzipo. "The portfolio committee on miner...
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