State capture: Oakbay statement pulled out to test Duduzane Zuma's evidence on Jonas-Hlongwane meeting
7 October 2019
Gupta-linked Oakbay Investments issued a press statement in March 2016, claiming that "absolutely no meeting took place" between former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas and businessman Fana Hlongwane at Saxonwold on October 23, 2015.
The statement contradicts evidence which Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma, gave about the meeting at the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday.
Zuma was an Oakbay shareholder at the time of the meeting.
"If you look at line three in bold, the statement is on behalf of the Gupta family. If that's what they're saying, that's what they are saying. I have already said none of them were part of the meeting.