‘It’s not a joke. It’s true‚ we eat curry … I ate but that curry never finished me ’ - five memorable quotes from Fikile Mbalula's state capture testimony
Mbalula spoke of getting a call from Ajay Gupta‚ who told him he would be appointed minister of sport and recreation — this days before the appointment was made official by then president Jacob Zuma. He also recounted a hilarious time when he had curry with the family and “stood firm”. Here are five quotes from his testimony that you may have missed: Eating curry with the Gupta “Before we could talk — I think that is their culture — before you talk to them‚ you eat curry. So this thing you see in the public that people eat curry there‚ it’s not a joke. It’s true‚ we eat curry. And then he gave me a good lecture about how most of the things I was eating there‚ came from from their farm. “That everything they eat‚ is not from the shops‚ it came from their farm. I didn’t even know that they had a farm. So that’s what we discussed‚ at his house‚ Ajay Gupta. Vegetarian curry‚ I don’t like it but I had to eat. Curry‚ curry‚ curry. I ate but that curry never finished me‚ I stood firm.” On ...
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