Gigaba defends appointments made to SOEs
Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba, has been giving his account on board appointments to state owned enterprises.
Gigaba has come under fire for giving top jobs to Gupta-linked candidates during his tenure as Public Enterprises Minister.
"It is important that the Inquiry concerns itself with what they could have known at the time when making appointments. If people we appointed went on to do wrong things later, we cannot be held accountable unless there's something about their profile that could have been detected at the time we appointed them which showed they were likely to do wrong things," Gigaba said.
Gigaba spoke about former Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe's appointment.
He was highlighted by Thuli Madonsela as a link between the Guptas and the power utility.
"On the facts before me at the time, he was a stellar candidate. He was a former Deputy Director General of the National Treasury and former CEO of the PIC where he has been appointed by the then Minister of Finance. Mr Molefe was highly regarded in the financia sector at the time. Markets reacted very positively to his appointment as he was regarded as credible, highly skilled and experienced," Gigaba said.