Gigaba: 'Sex tape' used to blackmail me
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has apologised after a 'video of a sexual nature' was stolen and leaked.
Gigaba took to Twitter at the end of October to say that the video, which was only meant to be seen by him and his wife, is being used to blackmail him.
He says the footage was stolen from his phone when it got hacked in 2016.
"This video has been at the centre of a number of blackmail and extortion attempts, dating back to the period immediately following my appointment as Minister of Finance, on 31 March 2017, all of which I have steadfastly refused to entertain.
"These blackmail/extortion attempts as well as the illegal interception of my communication/hacking of my phone have all been reported to the relevant law enforcement/intelligence agencies and I am advised that the resultant investigations are still continuing," Gigaba tweeted.
"I take this opportunity to publicly apologise, in advance, to the rest of my family - especially my kids, my mom and my in-laws - and the South African public for the pain and embarrassment the likely wider distribution of this private material will cause.
"I hope our nation will, someday, constructively engage with the question of whether it is correct to condone and promote the gross invasion of the privacy of others by distributing such material, more especially in the clear absence of a public interest justification."