FORMER African National Congress (ANC) MP Vytjie Mentor renewed her social media scuffle against the Gupta family and President Jacob Zuma on Thursday, saying she had evidence to back up her claims she had also been subject to political offers from the family.
In a series of posts Ms Mentor once again refuted claims that Mr Zuma did not recall knowing her or of her political career, saying he escorted her from the house where she allegedly received an offer for a Cabinet posting from the Gupta family.
Ms Mentor also responded to the Gupta family’s challenge to put her claims within an affidavit, by saying: "I can collaborate my claim. Legal threats don’t scare me."
Ms Mentor is the latest individual to come forward with claims the politically connected Gupta family was making offers, maintaining she was offered the position of the minister of the Department of Public Enterprises, in exchange for South African Airways’ giving up its routes to India.
The Presidency has twice denied that Mr Zuma remembered Ms Mentor, saying in a statement on Wednesday that it "reiterates that the President has no recollection of Ms Mentor and is not aware of the alleged incidents in her career that she has reportedly written about on social media".
Ms Mentor posted on Thursday that Mr Zuma came into the room after she had rejected the offer, adding that the alleged event took place about a week before then public enterprises minister Barbara Hogan lost her job in a Cabinet reshuffle.
Ms Hogan was one of a seven ministers to be fired in an extensive reshuffle in November 2010. Ms Hogan said on Talk Radio 702 on Thursday that there "were definitely sinister forces" operating "behind my back" when she ran the ministry, and that the ANC "has to deal with this rot".
Ms Mentor said: "He accompanied me down the … wide stairs at the entrance of the Gupta house to their black twin-cab with heavily black-tainted windows which taking me back to the airport. I was on crutches," said Ms Mentor.
"The rest I will reveal at the right time," she said.
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Vytjie Mentor. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
FORMER African National Congress (ANC) MP Vytjie Mentor renewed her social media scuffle against the Gupta family and President Jacob Zuma on Thursday, saying she had evidence to back up her claims she had also been subject to political offers from the family.
In a series of posts Ms Mentor once again refuted claims that Mr Zuma did not recall knowing her or of her political career, saying he escorted her from the house where she allegedly received an offer for a Cabinet posting from the Gupta family.
Ms Mentor also responded to the Gupta family’s challenge to put her claims within an affidavit, by saying: "I can collaborate my claim. Legal threats don’t scare me."
Ms Mentor is the latest individual to come forward with claims the politically connected Gupta family was making offers, maintaining she was offered the position of the minister of the Department of Public Enterprises, in exchange for South African Airways’ giving up its routes to India.
The Presidency has twice denied that Mr Zuma remembered Ms Mentor, saying in a statement on Wednesday that it "reiterates that the President has no recollection of Ms Mentor and is not aware of the alleged incidents in her career that she has reportedly written about on social media".
Ms Mentor posted on Thursday that Mr Zuma came into the room after she had rejected the offer, adding that the alleged event took place about a week before then public enterprises minister Barbara Hogan lost her job in a Cabinet reshuffle.
Ms Hogan was one of a seven ministers to be fired in an extensive reshuffle in November 2010. Ms Hogan said on Talk Radio 702 on Thursday that there "were definitely sinister forces" operating "behind my back" when she ran the ministry, and that the ANC "has to deal with this rot".
Ms Mentor said: "He accompanied me down the … wide stairs at the entrance of the Gupta house to their black twin-cab with heavily black-tainted windows which taking me back to the airport. I was on crutches," said Ms Mentor.
"The rest I will reveal at the right time," she said.
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