The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) has hit out at Kebby Maphatsoe and Des van Rooyen for "publicly condemning" Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and using "different political hats as justification".
The two are leaders of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association. Van Rooyen, the minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs, is also the MK veterans’ group’s treasurer, while its chairman, Maphatsoe, is deputy minister of defence.
They used a press briefing by the association on Monday to criticise Gordhan.
Van Rooyen questioned why Gordhan had not submitted himself to questioning by the Hawks in relation to the so-called "rogue unit" at the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and urged him to co-operate with the Hawks.
This was echoed by Maphatsoe, who said Gordhan was not helping the country by failing to answer the allegations against him.
Cosatu on Tuesday said this behaviour by the two leaders was "insincere and distasteful".
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