Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has been reported to Parliament’s Ethics Committee and the Public Protector for allegedly “deliberately misleading” Parliament. Zwane recently stated‚ in a written Parliamentary reply‚ that his December 2015 trip to Dubai was organised and paid for by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). Democratic Alliance MP James Lorimer on Wednesday said this clashed with information in the public domain about him being a passenger on a Gupta-sponsored flight to Dubai.

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