Cape Town – Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Thursday told CNN that a judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture would “clear the air”.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa recently called for the same thing, supporting a recommendation by former public protector Thuli Madonsela for a judicial commission of inquiry into the Gupta family's alleged attempts to capture the state.
“The law needs to take its course if profoundly wrong things are being done,” Gordhan told CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour, in a video call billed as his first TV interview since being fired last month.
Amanpour asked whether Gordhan had any information that might implicate President Jacob Zuma.
He said he did not but that suggestions not only about Zuma, but about people in the private and public sector, needed to be tested.
Dodging a question about whether Zuma was a good leader, he said South Africa had a culture of “collective leadership”.