Cope calls on ministers to defy Oakbay instruction

The Congress of the People (Cope) on Friday called for Pravin Gordhan‚ Mildred Oliphant and Mosebenzi Zwane “to defy the instruction” to intervene in the impasse between the Gutpa-associated Oakbay Investments and banks.Saying it was “unheard of for cabinet ministers to become directly involved in a dispute between banks and a private company”‚ Cope’s Dennis Bloem asked: “What more evidence do we need that the Gupta family controls the government?”Three ministers to engage with banks over Oakbay...