RECAP: According to testimony presented at the Zondo commission, the night Nhlanhla Nene was axed as finance minister, then director general of treasury Lungisa Fuzile was told he would now have a “Gupta minister”.
The night Nhlanhla Nene was axed as finance minister in December 2015, then director general of treasury Lungisa Fuzile was told he would now have a “Gupta minister”, the commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Wednesday.
According to Fuzile, Godongwana said: “You are now going to get a Gupta minister who will arrive with his advisers.” Godongwana allegedly told Fuzile to “watch it” because the new minister would not even know his advisers. In August, Jonas told the commission about how he attended a clandestine meeting at the Gupta family’s home in Saxonwold in October 2015. At the meeting, he was allegedly offered the position of finance minister and a R600-million bribe in exchange for his co-operation at treasury.
“I started to see a connection between what the Guptas wanted and what the president of the country wanted,” he said.
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