Days of Zondo: Zuma abdicated his authority to make Cabinet appointments to the Gupta family – Manuel tells Zondo

Testifying at the Zondo Commission, former finance minister, Trevor Manuel gave evidence about an August 2011 ANC meeting when an “emotional” former Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula had revealed to 80 leaders of the ANC that a Gupta brother had told him of his promotion to Cabinet before then president Jacob Zuma had told him of his appointment.The essence of that discussion was of an abdication of authority .

It eventually saw former Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene fired in December 2015, said Manuel. His successor, Des van Rooyen, came to the Treasury with advisers who had spent the previous week at the Gupta family’s home in Saxonwold, according to the former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report, said Manuel by way of example.

Mbalula, whom Manuel said was in tears, became the first minister to reveal that the Gupta family had told them of their appointment to Cabinet. Earlier in his testimony, Manuel also said Eskom hangs like an albatross around the neck of South Africa.The collapse of the state-owned enterprises reflects the fact that the powers given to these enterprises were exercised without the necessary care and attention to detail,” Manuel said.The Budget tabled last week shows Eskom sits like an albatross around the neck of the fiscus. None of us can ever allow Eskom to go down, but having it means we increase the burden of debt,” said Manuel.

Derek_Hanekom ferialhaffajee Same as that Alzheimer patient, Siphiwe Nyanda. Bayanyanyisa man!

ferialhaffajee Hy this guy went to zondo commission to say nothing just like parvin

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