Van Rooyen in bid to halt state capture report, again
30 October 2016
Cape Town – Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen is again seeking to block the release of the state capture report.
Ten days after withdrawing his urgent application to interdict the release of the Public Protector’s “state capture” report, Van Rooyen is again applying to halt its release.
In his application, the minister states that the interdict is only intended to prevent the finalisation and publication of the report to the “extent that it contains findings and recommendations concerning me”.
This follows a damning report in the Sunday Times, in which the minister is alleged to have visited the influential Gupta family seven times in the days before he was appointed as finance minister in December last year.