Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has apologised in a tweet in which he says that a videotape of a sexual nature is circulating in political circles.
He claims that a leaked video of a sexual nature is at the centre of blackmail and extortion attempts against him.
Gigaba says the video was stolen from his cellphone and that he became aware of this just after his appointment as finance minister in March, 2017. He explains that the video dates back to the period immediately following his appointment as Minister of Finance and that its content was only meant to be viewed by his wife and himself.
In a series of Tweets, he apologises to his family and the public for the – quote – ‘pain and embarrassment’ that the circulation of the video will cause.
This is why I’ll never take public office y’all ?? #GigabaSexTape
— My Sparky ❤️ (@TsepoMoseme) October 28, 2018
My wife and I have learned, with regret and sadness, that a video containing material of a sexual nature, meant for our eyes only, which was stolen when my communication got illegally intercepted/my phone got hacked, in 2016/17, is circulating among certain political figures…
— Malusi Gigaba (@mgigaba) October 28, 2018
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…
— Malusi Gigaba (@mgigaba) October 28, 2018
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…
— Malusi Gigaba (@mgigaba) October 28, 2018
why are people recording themselves having sex in the first place?
— Cleopatra Mabengu (@CleoMabengu) October 28, 2018
I fully concur with you. He and his wife have a right to privacy. They wanted to record some of their best times together, so why should anyone else care about their intimate moments? That’s what couples do, they are marred for that matter, why should it be used as blackmail?
— Flower Palesa (@PSeretlo) October 28, 2018
