STATEMENT OF THE THABO MBEKI FOUNDATION REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF A LINK BETWEEN PRESIDENT MBEKI AND THE GUPTA FAMILY
In the last three weeks, we have noted news reports attributable to various persons claiming some link between former President Thabo Mbeki and the Gupta family.
We have agonised about this matter, avoiding to respond and thus descend to the lower depths to which the allegation desperately attaches.
Our honest and sustained attempt to avoid the gutter were nonetheless severely tested and strained by an ENCA news report which featured one Mr. Mpho Masemola, a representative of the Ex-Political Prisoners Association, yesterday.
Mr. Masemola takes the public into confidence about discussions between the Ex-Political Prisoners Association and President Jacob Zuma last week. He deploys innuendo in order to socialise accountability for an individual’s ethical judgement.
For the record, President Thabo Mbeki did not at any point introduce the Gupta family to President Zuma.