PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday testified on controversial Gupta brothers, saying that the ANC clearly delayed in its reaction to emerging evidence of the family’s influence in the country.
He said the Gupta Leaks emails presented sufficient evidence of the family’s influence on government, which required Parliament or the police to investigate the matter.
Ramaphosa was speaking on his second day at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in his capacity as the leader of the ANC.
“The delayed reaction was not a correct way to handle matters and I will concede that. The contestation on state capture continued for quite a while. So that amount of contestation about matters of this nature could in many ways have led to the delayed reaction. These contestations do take place in various organisations,” said Ramaphosa.
“As deputy president, you really work under the leadership of the president who leads the executive.
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