Ahead of Madonsela’s report on state capture, a new evidence into the long-running investigation has implicated the Guptas and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des Van Rooyen. Read Also: COGTA Minister Van Rooyen Insists His Trip To Dubai Was ‘Private’According to a report by renowned foreign media, BBC, cellphone evidence showed that Van Rooyen “was drinking tea with the influential family” the night he grabbed Nene’s position as Finance Minister. Moving further, the report added that the cell phone record showed that Van Rooyen spent hours with the Guptas at their home in Johannesburg that night. On the other hand, our reporters confirmed that Van Rooyen has succeeded in his bid to stop the release of the long-awaited state capture report. See Also: Zuma Declares Van Rooyen The Most Qualified Finance Minister He Ever AppointedIt is on record that the controversial minister’s brief appointment as finance minister in December had massive repercussions on SA’s finance sector.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 14, 2016 14:15 UTC