NEWS ANALYSIS: The fat lady has not yet sung for Gigaba
Malusi Gigaba remains a member of the ANC’s NEC and may yet make it onto the ANC’s list to parliament after the 2019 election
Former home affairs minister and MP Malusi Gigaba still has some political life in him yet, despite being found to have lied under oath by the courts. After resigning as home affairs minister on Tuesday, and as an MP on Thursday, Gigaba remains a member of the ANC’s highest decision making body, the National Executive Committee (NEC). Gigaba received the fifth highest number of votes out of 80 for NEC positions at the ANC’s Nasrec conference in December. This means he is very likely popular enough to make it onto the ANC’s list to parliament after the 2019 national election. It was reported this week that attempts to prevent Gigaba from making it onto the list for parliamentary posts in a Limpopo branch, by allies of President Cyril Ramaphosa, failed. Gigaba was found by the courts to have lied under oath in the Fireblade Aviation matter in which the Oppeinheimer family got rights to operate a private terminal at the OR Tambo International airport. An investigation by the public pro...
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