It also seems as if the Guptas had a big influence on, or shall I rather say, caused a big disruption in, the restructuring process. [Laughter.] The Daily News reported on 6 May, under the headline, "Spooks warned of Gupta influence", and I quote:
A persistent question following the Gupta jet being allowed to land at Waterkloof ... is: 'How could this have happened?'
The answer is rooted ...
And you must listen, Mr Minister, because you gave me an answer to this question a year or so ago.
The answer is rooted in a debacle in the Department of State Security two years ago, when the former intelligence heads tried to warn the government that the Gupta brothers posed a possible threat to national security.
But their investigation was stymied ...
Was stopped! [Interjections.]
... and as a result they lost their jobs.
[Interjections.] We know who those people are. [Interjections.]
The security breach at the national key point, however, provoked alarm and an extraordinary reaction by the government. [Interjections.] The acting head of the Department of State Security, Dennis Dlomo, is among the high- powered team of top government officials tasked with this investigation. That is the report that was due today. Or are we going to have to wait until the Guptas have approved it? [Laughter.] It's just a question.