When questioned about this at the interview, Ms Gcaleka was less than honest, denying that she never supported Simelane in this regard. [Interjections.] In 2017 when Malusi Gigaba was appointed by the then President Jacob Zuma to the position of Minister of Home Affairs, Kholeka was appointed as his special adviser. It was a controversial appointment due to 2010 comments about the restructuring of the criminal justice system. In that capacity she worked for Gigaba when he was found by the High Court to have lied under oath in the Fireblade application.