Gordhan is an ‘imbecile’, says Bathabile

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has “plunged” the country “into the mud”, ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini has said on Twitter, calling him an “imbecile” and “rumor-mongerer” (sic), who “has weaponised all justice and security apparatus to erase the history of South Africa”.

She was responding to a tweet by another user who asked for one word to describe Gordhan.

The former social development minister – who is a committed backer of corruption-accused former president Jacob Zuma – also said “the cabal has been exposed again”.

This follows Gordhan’s admission at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Monday that he did not have tangible evidence of state capture against some of the people he had earlier mentioned as being involved in state capture.

Earlier, she responded to another tweet that she is “saddened by a man that has destroyed the country through rumors” (sic).

Dlamini, who is no stranger to controversy, is perhaps best known for her role in the SA Social Security Agency (Sass)a grants payment debacle, for which the Constitutional Court in September 2018, found her conduct to be reckless and grossly negligent.

The court also found her personally liable for 20% of the legal costs incurred over the Sassa fiasco.

She resigned as a member of parliament in June last year, after a string of controversies, and after several political parties and civil society groupings called for her head.

He has weaponised all justice and security apparatus to erase history of SA.

Bathabile Dlamini President of the ANC Women’s League