South Africa\u2019s anti-graft ombudsman gave President Cyril Ramaphosa 20 days to take disciplinary action against Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba for lying under oath.<\/p>\n
Gigaba violated the Executive Ethics Code and the Code for Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members\u2019 Interests for Assembly for speaking \u201cuntruth under oath,\u201d Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane told reporters Wednesday in the capital, Pretoria.<\/p>\n
The speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has 14 days from receiving the report to refer Gigaba\u2019s violation to the joint committee on ethics and members\u2019 interests, she said.<\/p>\n
In March, South Africa\u2019s highest court dismissed an application by Gigaba to appeal against a High Court ruling that he lied under oath when testifying in a case filed by a company controlled by the wealthy Oppenheimer family.<\/p>\n
Fireblade Aviation filed a lawsuit alleging Gigaba had reneged on a pledge to grant it a private immigration terminal at the Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport. Gigaba denied ever approving the terminal and said he stood by his testimony, but the High Court ruled in Fireblade\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n