What's On Everyone's Lips: Melusi Gigaba Denies Claims Of Him Submitting A Statement Which Implicates Zuma To State Capture.


By Phumzile Mavimbela

No stranger to the Twitter trend list a tweeter user has sparked controversy claiming that the Former Minister of Home Affairs Melusi Gibaba submitted a statement at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry which implicates Former President Jacob Zuma to the state capture.
 
The tweeter user said  
"#StateCaptureInquiry From what Pretorius has just said (& checked by the DCJ) it appears the evidence leaders already have a statement from Gigaba implicating Zuma. But it appears they haven't told Zuma about this? "

However, Gigaba has come out to deny these allegations. In a Tweet he said: 

"  I have reviewed the relevant exchange, Counsel. My respectful submission is that it does not create the impression you say it does. More importantly, kindly be advised that no one is in possession of any statement from me which implicates former President Jacob Zuma in anything."  

According to Timeslive  
Gigaba was apparently summoned by Zondo to appear before the inquiry from March 8 to 12, “presumably to help him separate fact from fiction”.

He said he would appear even if it costs him his home. Gigaba claimed he was shunned by the state after he requested that it pay his legal fees in preparation for his appearance before the inquiry.

“The state I was serving, the state which is spending R1bn on this commission, is refusing to pay the R1m my lawyers need to help me prepare for my appearance.

'I will, however, be appearing before His Lordship. This notwithstanding. Even if it costs me my home,” Gigaba said. 


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