FikileMbalula confirms Trevor Manuel's testimony about Gupta congratulatory call StateCaptureInquiry
CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG - Fikile Mbalula has confirmed that he received a congratulatory phone call from one of the Guptas before he'd been informed he'd been promoted to Cabinet.
Responding to former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's earlier testimony he said that it was correct in all aspects but one - that being that it was Ajay Gupta that phoned him and not his brother Atul.
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