DEPUTY Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas has provided the first confirmation of the Gupta family's undue influence over President Jacob Zuma, despite protests and denials from the family and silence on the matter from the president himself.
In a statement on Wednesday, Mr Jonas confirmed that he was approached by the Gupta family and offered the job as finance minister.
“Members of the Gupta family offered me the position of minister of finance to replace then minister Nene, I rejected this out of hand. The basis of my rejection of the offer is that it makes a mockery of our constitution and hard earned democracy,” he said in the statement. “No one apart from the president appoints ministers,” he said.
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