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South Africa minister in leaked sex video rejects calls to quit
South Africa ’ s embattled home affairs minister said Sunday he would not resign after the country ’ s public standards watchdog said he lied under oath and following the leaking of a private sex video.
“I ’ m not going to resign , ” minister Malusi Gigaba told the privately owned eNCA television channel , but added “I will obviously be guided ” by the President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress .
The country ’ s ombudswoman on Tuesday said the minister had lied in court while testifying last year in a case filed by a company controlled by the wealthy Oppenheimer family .
The court case hinged on whether Gigaba had approved a private terminal at Johannesburg airport for the Oppenheimers .
In an unrelated case , Gigaba , 47 , last Sunday said on Twitter he had been the target of extortion attempts by an opposition politician after a sex video emerged following what he described as theft by hacking .
The defiant Gigaba said he was not just simply trying to hang on to his job .
“It ’ s about fighting to protect my integrity and to protect my image and to ensure that I do not become a victim of devious political campaigns . I will not be trampled upon , ” said the minister.
He said he would soon meet president Ramaphosa “ to put my side of the story ” .
Speaking to public broadcaster SABC , Gigaba added that the leaking of the video had been politically motivated.
“We ( Gigaba and his wife) have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of , ” he said.
“I dont have a problem …. It was intended to embarrass me , to decapacitate me politically , to humiliate me and my family publicly , to embarrass the African National Congress , ” he said.
Ombudswoman Busisiwe Mkhwebane has recommended that Ramaphosa take disciplinary action against the minister for “telling an untruth under oath and before a court of law ” .
Gigaba served as finance minister for a year under Jacob Zuma , who was ousted as president in February over corruption . When Ramaphosa succeeded Zuma , he moved him to the home affairs ministry in February 2018 .
AFP
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