Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday slammed claims of an affair through a statement on social media.
A woman named Buhle Mkhize claims to have had an affair with Gigaba, who Mkhize says she met via Instagram in July 2014. Mkhize claims that when she first met Gigaba, he didn’t tell her that he was in a committed relationship with his now wife Noma Gigaba and only found out about the relationship on his wedding day to Noma,via social media.
Reports of the alleged affair between the minister and fashionista, Buhle Mkhize came to light a few months ago, after an apparent feud between Buhle and Malusi’s wife, Norma went viral on social media.
“I could retort to exposing the fabrications and blatant inconsistencies in these allegations but I can only blame myself for befriending a person who had sinister motives… I regret exposing my family to such an individual but truly can only blame myself.”
Read the full open letter from Gigaba, below:
I did not want to address this as more pertinent issues such as building my family and serving my country are much more important. However, the source of this defamation has developed an unhealthy obsession with my family.
The more my family and I have attempted to be graceful and be above the attention seeking slander, the more it has intensified.
My family , in particular wife, have been subjected to a protracted campaign of public embarrassment and cyber harassment. I could retort to exposing the fabrications and blatant inconsistencies in these allegations but I can only blame myself for befriending a person who had sinister motives.
I regret exposing my family to such an individual but truly can only blame myself.
The defamation has left me no option but to speak out and seek legal remedies to protect my loved ones. We have been subjected to enough stalking and defamation.
I place on record that my priorities are serving my country and being a family man – these two decisions are the proudest I have ever made. I have pledged my life to my wife, children, movement and my country. This will not change.
As my wife stated previously: We have moved on as a family and hope that everyone else will do the same.”