Minister’s denial puts him on the spotWhen you decide to call a press conference to refute allegations that have been made against you, you’d better have all your ducks in a row.
This is not what this Mampara did the other day when he called a presser to deny claims that he, Duduzane Zuma and Ajay Gupta had met a senior Eskom official to put pressure on her over the utility ’s handling of disgraced former CEO Brian Molefe’s pension.
Having insisted that he was not at Melrose Arch with the state capturers on the day the meeting is alleged to have taken place, BenMartins could not tell journalists where he was that day.
This is despite, as a matter of policy, his security detail being supposed to document all their movements with him. Unburden yourself, deputy minister, you are obviously hiding something...