Ordeal by fire for new finance pair
E-mail scandals make job even harder for Gigaba and deputy
IN the fewer than 100 days since taking office, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and his deputy Sfiso Buthelezi have measured up to the proverbial new broom sweeping clean. But hardly had they begun to rearrange the furniture when their past began to catch up, catapulting the pair and the Treasury into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Gigaba is implicated in the scandals emanating from e-mail leaks that have exposed the depth of corruption and state capture played out across the government over several years. Earlier this week he confirmed the authenticity of documents linking him to the alleged irregular approval of naturalisation for the influential Gupta family, who are from India. Gigaba insisted that the application was handled according to procedure that required the Department of Home Affairs to submit recommendations to the minister of home affairs for consideration. In a statement issued by the Treasury, he said the granting of naturalisation certificates was not unus...
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