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South African home affairs minister says he was blackmailed over sex video
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 28, 2018 03:58pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 28, 2018 04:10am |
| Description | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Sunday he had faced blackmail threats over a private sex video that was leaked after his phone was hacked when he was finance minister.
Gigaba, who was finance minister between March 2017 and February 2018, said he had decided to make the announcement because he had learned that the video was now circulating in political circles.
“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,” Gigaba said on Twitter.
“This video has been at the center 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,” he said on his official Twitter account. |
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