FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 file photo South Africa Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, center, arrives at parliament to deliver the annual South Africa budget speech to Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Nene is under pressure after he acknowledged visiting the home of a business family linked to alleged corruption under former president Jacob Zuma. (Schalk van Zuydam, File/Associated Press)JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s finance minister on Monday faced calls to resign after he acknowledged visiting the home of a business family linked to alleged corruption under former president Jacob Zuma. Opposition parties cited a South African media report that Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene had offered to quit, saying President Cyril Ramaphosa should dismiss him to show commitment to clean government in one of Africa’s biggest economies. “South Africa is undergoing serious economic difficulties and massive job losses, and one of the ingredients towards economic recovery is a credible Minister of Finance,” said Julius Malema, head of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters. “I deeply regret these lapses and beg your forgiveness.”The visits occurred when he was deputy finance minister and also finance minister before Zuma fired him from that post in December 2015, Nene testified.

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