A deluge of condemnation has rained down on Economic Freedom Fighters chief whip Floyd Shivambu for his attack on a senior Treasury official on the grounds that he undermined African leadership. At Tuesday’s meeting of Parliament’s finance committee, Shivambu questioned the presence of Treasury deputy director general Ismail Momoniat. He asked why Momoniat, who is of Indian decent, repeatedly appeared before the committee on a whole range of issues when there were senior African officials who could attend on behalf of Treasury, including director general Dondo Mogajane. This, according to Shivambu, undermined Africans. Condemnation of his comments and support for Momoniat came from Mogajane, African National Congress chief whip Jackson Mthembu, the finance committee and both Reserve Bank deputy governor Kuben Naidoo and Banking Association of SA MD Cas Coovadia in their personal capacities.
Mogajane said in a TV interview on the Karima Brown Show that he did not agree with Shi...
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