Dodging Gigaba must be summoned to explain Gupta naturalisation
27 June 2017
The DA is angered by the absence of the previous Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, and the current Minister, Buhle Mkhize, from today’s meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs.
Last week, the Committee Chairperson confirmed that the committee would have the opportunity to interrogate these Minister about exactly how members of the Gupta family were naturalised.
They had been asked to appear before the committee and, according to both Parliament’s schedule of committees and the Committee’s own agenda, they we set to appear. Nevertheless, neither were in attendance today without offering a reasonable explanation.
As a consequence, the Committee gained no insight into why then-Minister Gigaba overruled the Department’s decision to dismiss the Gupta’s application for naturalisation, for failing to meet the prescribed requirements.