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In an interview with eNCA, Mngoma, who is still in the process of divorcing her husband for six years, recounted the frequent home visits of the controversial Gupta family.
FILE: Norma Mngoma appears in Pretoria Magistrates Court on September 14, 2020 after she was arrested in July on charges of willful damage to property and crime of libel. Photo: Abigail Javier / EWN.
JOHANNESBURG – Norma Mngoma made some controversial accusations Thursday about her ex-husband, former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba.
In an interview with help, Mngoma, who is still in the process of divorcing her husband of six years, recounted alleged frequent visits to the home of the controversial Gupta family, who is at the center of the state capture allegations, where they allegedly also received many gifts and favors. Mngoma also said that the donations were not officially declared to Parliament as members of Parliament should have done.
Mngoma alleged that the couple would visit the compound, where they would force her to sit in one room while Gigaba sat with the Guptas in a separate room. She said they were always forced to leave their cell phones at the door when entering the house.
Questions have been raised about the timing of Mngoma surrounding the allegations. Gigaba filed a police report that accused her of assault and malicious damage to property. That case, in October, was postponed to January 2021. She maintained that she knew nothing about the irregularities between Gigaba and the Guptas, and was simply present.
“I found him there with the Guptas … I didn’t know what was wrong, what was right. I only knew what was wrong when the media started pushing …”
“It was like, we visit, sometimes we get gifts or sometimes they give him things …” he said.
When asked to give an estimate of how many times they may have visited the Guptas, he said it was “frequent” while he was in the Department of Public Enterprises (he was minister from March 2017 to April 2018), and that sometimes someone who represented the Guptas who would come to his house to leave the gifts. He also said that they often left the house with bags that she thought contained money, which he would use to pay to maintain his lifestyle.
Gigaba has consistently denied receiving money from the Guptas, and these accusations tell a different story.
Earlier this year, Gigaba said it would request to question a witness who testified in the Zondo Commission that he had received money from the controversial Gutpa family.
The man, known as “witness three,” told the commission that Gigaba would visit the Gutpa residence where he collected bags of cash and bought tailored suits with the money.
The third witness said that he was a driver for Gigaba during his tenure as Minister of Public Enterprises. He said the former minister told him not to record the trips to Saxonwold.
In a statement, Gigaba flatly denied that he had done anything illegal.
Mngoma said Gigaba asked her multiple times to use spousal privilege in the event she was arrested or questioned by someone. Marital privilege is a right that is invoked when a spouse does not want to implicate his partner or himself in criminal acts.
Gigaba was declared fraudulent by Parliament in his process to give the Guptas early naturalization in South Africa while he was Minister of Home Affairs. The parliamentary portfolio committee also wanted the Guptas to be criminally charged.
Mngoma also went into details about his marriage and private life with the minister, including allegations that he was addicted to pornography and had many extramarital affairs.
GIGABA BREAKS TWITTER SILENCE OF TWO YEARS
After two years of silence on Twitter, Gigaba appears to have broken her hiatus just hours before the interview aired to dismiss him and whatever Mngoma is saying, even going as far as hinting that she is an askari.
“To whom It May Concern
Please note that I will not comment on any aspect of the Moja Love TV audition that will air on eNCA at 6pm tonight.
My energy is reserved exclusively for my fight with the askaris who are the de facto puppeteers. ” [sic]
To whom It May Concern
Please note that I will not comment on any aspect of the Moja Love TV audition that will air on eNCA at 6pm tonight.
My energy is reserved exclusively for my fight with the askaris who are the de facto puppeteers.#LongLiveTheAnc!
Malusi Gigaba (@mgigaba) December 17, 2020
In an exclusive eNCA interview, #Rule Mngoma says @Sli_Masikane about their husbands’ alleged ties to the Guptas and bags of cash. # DStv403 #SATonight pic.twitter.com/WjlAzfYizW
eNCA (@eNCA) December 17, 2020
[ON AIR] In an eNCA exclusive, Norma Mngoma is recounting the beans about her marriage to former Minister Malusi Gigaba. She is in a legal battle with her estranged husband. Our reporter @Sli_Masikane He told her about his alleged ties to the Guptas and bags of cash. # DStv403 pic.twitter.com/KqGOCl4qJo
eNCA (@eNCA) December 17, 2020
#NormaMngoma She says she will testify in the state’s arrest investigation if subpoenaed. # DStv403 pic.twitter.com/cYUNGH6l24
eNCA (@eNCA) December 17, 2020
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