Van Rooyen admits meetings with Tony Gupta, defends appointment of Gupta-linked advisors

Johannesburg - Des van Rooyen has moved to explain his meetings with Rajesh"Tony" Gupta which took place before he was appointed in December 2015 as the minister of finance.He faced questions surrounding his appointment and swearing-in as the minister of finance on December 10, 2015.

The former minister had also met with Gupta before he was appointed as the minister of finance in December 2015. Van Rooyen had followed a similar move when he decided to appoint Whitely, a man he never knew but met once in a meeting at Melrose Arch in December 2015 - days before he was appointed. “I would have thought someone who would be an advisor to the minister would be someone who has proper background checks made.

“What drove me was the merit I saw in their profiles and their CVs. I believed in the process that was going to follow to finalise that process," he said.He asked the former minister how Enoch Godongwana, an ANC NEC member, knew that he would bring two advisors he does not know anything about.

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