No ministers appointed by Guptas - Zuma
17 March 2016
Parliament – The Gupta family has not appointed any minister to the Cabinet, President Jacob Zuma told Parliament on Thursday.
"I appoint ministers here," a confident Zuma said in the National Assembly, in response to a question from DA leader Mmusi Maimane on who was involved in the decision to remove Nhlanhla Nene from the finance ministry.
Zuma said opposition party leaders should ask the Gupta family, as he had no involvement in them issuing job offers.
The president’s relationship with the Guptas has been in the spotlight over the past week, with various high-profile members saying they had been offered Cabinet jobs by the family.