Gigaba: I'm sorry for pinky finger jibe
7 November 2018
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has apologised unreservedly for making a gesture with his pinky finger at an EFF MP during Parliament's volatile sitting on Tuesday.
In a tweet, the minister said that being provoked, combined with the strain he was under, were no excuse for making the gesture.
He agreed with another tweet which said the gesture fed into a "toxic masculinity discourse".
The pinky gesture was a retort to EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s suggestion that cellphones without cameras be given to Cabinet ministers, to avoid their phones being hacked.