Passage to India: Gigaba adviser and premier's son on Gupta junket
Gigaba, now finance minister, is under pressure from parliament to explain why he personally gave approval to the granting of citizenship to the Gupta family
Gigaba, now finance minister, is under pressure from parliament to explain why he personally gave approval to the granting of citizenship to the Gupta family — waiving length of residence requirements — while he was home affairs minister. Earlier disclosures show that another of Gigaba’s advisers, Thamsanqa Msomi, acted as a Gutpa “fixer” at Home Affairs. The leaked Gupta data show that at least 11 meetings between “Mr Tony” (Rajesh “Tony” Gupta) and “Siya”, were scheduled on the Outlook calendar of Sahara Systems chief executive Ashu Chawla between October 2012 and June 2013. The appointments were either at the family’s Saxonwold compound or at the Sahara offices. Sahara is a Gupta company. Mahlangu was Gigaba’s adviser from December 2010 until Gigaba became minister of home affairs in 2014. Mahlangu did not dispute that the visits took place when asked about them last week but he refused to answer questions about the trip to India. In March 2013 the Sunday Times reported that Mahl...
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