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Upon being asked in an interview with Thabo Molefe, AKA Tbo Touch, whether he would ever be exposed in the #GuptaLeaks, EFF leader Julius Malema said he had a clear conscience.
He said the emails were authentic, which could be seen in the fact that President Jacob Zuma was not taking the media to court despite all his denials.
He told Touch that former president Kgalema Motlanthe had taught them that whatever you do in darkness will come out, and you should be prepared to explain yourself.
“I don’t know the Guptas, they’ve never called me, they’ve never WhatsApped me. I don’t know them.
“That’s why I’m a free soul. Tomorrow I’ve got a press conference, you must watch.”
He said that he would be revealing even more damning information about the extent of state capture by the Guptas and how deeply compromised the president is through his son Duduzane and the Gupta family.
“I stood next to Zuma on stage in 2011 in Rustenberg and told him that ‘We cannot be controlled by a family. When we were elected in Polokwane, we were not elected by a family.’ I was not in the ANC. I challenged this corruption in the ANC. I challenged it, sitting next to Zuma. I was never scared of Jacob Zuma.
“So after I said that, Duduzane Zuma called the secretary-general of the ANC Youth League, Vuyiswa … and asked for a meeting. I said, ‘Tell them to write a letter and put their agenda on that letter.'”
He alleged that Zwelinzima Vavi and Cosatu had met with Duduzame, Zuma’s son, and the Guptas “because they said they want to clarify themselves, but we refused that in the youth league”.
When asked to reveal his source for all his insider info on the ANC, Malema said: “If I give you my source, I won’t have that source tomorrow. I’ve got tangible information. They can’t take me to court. Even Zuma can’t take me to court. He’s not taking me to court, because he knows it’s true.
“Tomorrow we’re bringing tangible evidence of how money went from state institutions into the pockets of these people. With evidence.”
He further threatened he would expose planned criminality leading up to the ANC’s December elective conference.
Malema added that people on social media kept reminding people of how he had been warning South Africa about state capture for years. He said journalists were in fact exposing nothing new.
“They remind people: ‘Malema spoke about that a long time ago.’ When we spoke about Dubai, no one spoke about it. Now it’s headlines.”