Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde said on Friday that the past few months had been tough on her as she remained under the spotlight over the police lease building saga.
Speaking to reporters after meeting provincial MECs in Pretoria, Mahlangu-Nkabinde said she wanted to convey her side of the story and put a lid on this "burning matter".
Asked whether she thought she had been fairly treated, she said: "I don't know whether I was treated fairly or unfairly. I still maintain my voice is yet to be heard."
Dealing with the matter amid public scrutiny and criticism had been tough, but "politics is not an easy game".
She had put her trust in the ANC for support.
Mahlangu-Nkabinde said the lease debacle was not discussed during Friday's meeting.
She denied dodging portfolio committee meetings in parliament, saying she and her legal team had made themselves available.
Public protector Thuli Madonsela recently found Mahlangu-Nkabinde and police commissioner Bheki Cele had flouted tender regulations in leasing buildings in Pretoria and in Durban for police offices.
Madonsela concluded that their actions had amounted to maladministration and unlawful conduct.
The Democratic Alliance filed criminal charges against Cele and Mahlangu-Nkabinde with the Cape Town police in August.
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