Jonas defends ‘inaccuracies’ in his statement to Madonsela

Advocate Piet Louw, the legal counsel of Duduzane Zuma, former president Jacob Zuma’s son, cross-examined former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas at the commission of inquiry on Friday, interrogating the veracity of the allegations made by Jonas that one of the Gupta brothers had offered him a cabinet position.

Jonas also testified that one of the Gupta brothers, Ajay or possibly Rajesh, had not only made the offers but had also threatened to use information in his possession to destroy the then deputy minister’s political career, before later threatening his life if he disclosed that the meeting had taken place.

In his cross-examination, Louw sought to deal with issues of “contradictions, probabilities and credibility” and glaring inconsistencies in the evidence before the commission.Louw questioned Jonas about a statement titled timeline the former finance minister’s attorney prepared for the former public protector, Thuli Madonsela, which contained incorrect information.

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