LISTEN: ‘Such nonsense cannot happen in Cabinet’ - Mbalula refutes claims he was booted out
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has refuted allegations that he was kicked out of a Cabinet meeting by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Mbalula responded to the media reports during a Sanral media briefing in Centurion on Monday.
The Sunday Independent reported that President Ramaphosa asked Mbalula to leave a meeting because he was unprepared and failed to read Cabinet memorandums.
But Mbalula said the allegations were untrue.
“The media is fed under current by faceless people. We are a public entity, and we are public representatives, and we have got to account and explain ourselves. It’s like you are media and somebody tells you that Mbalula was expelled out of Cabinet, and you believe that, you write it, then you don’t take yourself seriously.
“You should know as an editor that such nonsense cannot happen in Cabinet. Not even in a spaza shop a person can be treated that way," said Mbalula.
Earlier on Monday government also described the allegations as unfounded and malicious.
“Cabinet decisions are in a transparent manner shared with the public by the minister in the presidency,” said Minister Mondli Gungubele.
“The allegations made by the Sunday Independent are therefore unjustified and malicious. Members of the Cabinet are accountable collectively and individually to Parliament for the exercise of their powers and the performance of their functions. Any unauthorised or premature disclosure of Cabinet meetings or information undermines the collective responsibility of Cabinet.”
Listen to Mbalula below:
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