Thuli Madonsela disputes Gupta TV allegation of Zuma ‘leak confession’
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has denied an insinuation by Gupta-owned TV news channel ANN7 that she "deliberately leaked" an audio recording of her interview with President Jacob Zuma. "There’s no admission of a leak. ANN7 is being mischievous or malicious or both‚" the former public protector told TMG Digital on Wednesday. ANN7 screened a news clip earlier on Wednesday, saying Madonsela confessed to "deliberately" leaking the audio recording of her meeting with Zuma and his lawyers in her investigation of state-capture allegations. The TV channel and other news outfits simultaneously interviewed Madonsela on the sidelines of the Association of Black Securities Investment Professionals’ annual conference on Tuesday‚ where she was a guest speaker. In the edited video clip, Madonsela says: "As a public protector‚ I made a decision that my interview with the president must be made public — not as evidence of whether or not there is state capture, as evidence that I did give ...
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