Minister Cwele told us we would be investigating the president, if we continue with Gupta probe, Zondo commission hears
26 November 2019
Ex-state security minister Siyabonga Cwele said the agency would, in effect, be investigating Jacob Zuma if it continued with a probe into the activities of the controversial Gupta family, former domestic intelligence head Gibson Njenje told the commission of inquiry into state capture on Tuesday.
"What was coming out of the meeting was that, in effect, we would be investigating the president if we continue with investigating the Guptas, and he did not think we should be doing it.
"Our point was that we are not investigating the president, we are trying to help the president," Njenje said.
When probed by commission chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as to what that meant, he responded: "I took it at face value that what he meant was that if we investigate the family we might find something on the president."