A R1,7m affair - Minister Gigaba sued over married woman
ANOTHER sitting cabinet minister and former ANC Youth League president is embroiled in a messy extra-marital affair controversy.
Public Enterprise Minister Malusi Gigaba, an ANC deployee in Mpumalanga, apparently mixed his ANC party work with carnal pleasures in the province's capital Nelspruit.
And this time the figure bandied around for "reparations" is way more than the measly R40,000 reported in Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula's saga.
He is facing a massive R1,7m suit from an aggrieved civil servant, who claims the minister wrecked his marriage.
Luka Sandhlane is demanding the payment after Gigaba allegedly admitted to having had an affair with his now estranged wife Gugu Nkosi. Sandhlane and Gugu have two children together.
Sunday World can today reveal that Gigaba has accepted responsibility for his actions and has apologised to Sandhlane for "his improper sexual conduct".
Gigaba also admitted to his current partner, Noma Mngoma, that he was secretly meeting Nkosi while in Nelspruit.
In a frantic attempt to do damage control, Gigaba has dispatched a senior aide, Makhosini Nkosi, to negotiate with Sandhlane.
"Makhosini apologised on behalf of Malusi before Sandhlane could confront him," says our source.
We are told the shattered hubby accepted the apology and has withdrawn the divorce proceedings, which were due to begin two weeks ago.
Friends of the couple say Sandhlane was shuttered when he discovered Gigaba had been bonking his wife.
They tell Sunday World he had thought Gigaba was his friend and comrade.
Sources say Gigaba and Gugu (described as a daring Mpumalanga tenderpreneur), were seeing each other for several months before their affair was exposed.
But one of Gigaba's ANC comrades tells Sunday World Mngoma was the first to discover the affair.
And that Gigaba decided to terminate "the inappropriate relationship" even before the hubby found out about it.
"She (Mngoma) phoned the woman to say she must leave her man alone."
Gigaba has just recently introduced Mngoma to the public - at his 40th birthday celebration in Sandton last month.
"The two had a serious argument," says the source.
Our informants say Sandhlane discovered the relationship through SMSes on his wife's cellphone.
"And when Luka saw the SMSes from Gigaba, he took the cellphone and left the house. When she realised he had left with her cellphone, she packed her bags and left - leaving her husband with their two children," says the source.
Other sources tell Sunday World that Gugu told her close friends that Gigaba had promised to marry her.
But after Gigaba apologised to Sandhlane and called off the relationship, she allegedly got upset and started threatening Gigaba.
Sandhlane refused to comment fully, but sent us an SMS saying: "I will appreciate if we can let the court deal with whatever matter for the sake of my kids, parents and family."
One of Gigaba's friends says the minister takes full responsibility for his indiscretion and regrets it.
Gugu declines to comment on the matter.
Makhosini Nkosi says Gigaba's "private life is not public life and we will not confirm or deny a matter in which private individuals are involved, with no public interest at stake".
Last year Gigaba was involved in a nasty legal battle with his ex-wife Thabang, which ended up in court after allegations and counter allegations of abuse.
She accused him of emotional, financial and psychological abuse.
Thabang also complained to the police that Gigaba was sending her nasty SMSes.
Gigaba countered her allegation by opening a case of kidnapping against her cousin Lwazi Ngidi, claiming she had kidnapped his 10-year-old daughter.
This after Thabong had left their daughter with Ngidi when she was on duty in Cuba.
Three years ago Gigaba was rapped over the knuckles by the government for spending more than R1000 of taxpayers money on flowers for Thabong.
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VannKondowe
I'm sick and tired with this disgusting behavior especially from our leaders.and why is the press even wasting time on him,what has he done for our country,who is he?next time try to publish better things that will help our country.
Mamokete
The press is indirectly promoting these"extra marital! affairs.Honestly how corrupt is the ANCYL,busy wasting our tax money..on pathetic issues.
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Phew! what is wrong with all the ANCYL presidents??? The former (Mbalula & Gigaba) and the current (in 14 days will also be a former)............. I guess they took "free willy" literally. They really need to be taught gradeR se*x education basics........Some of the stories are not of public interest but the public is interested in reading them.......
WordofGod
am glad that hubby accepted the apology. the focus shouldn't be on malusi only cos it takes two to tango. this woman played her part as well. they both committed adultery. both malusi and the woman conducted and improper sexual conduct and if there was punishment for such, both of them deserve to be punished. i don't understand why there is so much publicity on the minister only and not the woman...
MellowYellowish
AAgghhhhh sis disgusting behavior whats wrong with ANC leaders so flipping horny its just disgusting honestly well sure it takes 2 to tango but these leaders they just use their status and do not respect the public...Hubby must really be broke naye haai so much money was the wifey raped gane or did she go willingly nxaa some women are stupid and shallow they see dollar signs and they are ready to drop it like its hot...and wena girlfriend nje cause your horny boyfriend introduced you at his 40th birthday doesnt mean you've arrived stop calling jezzabels he's not your man yet thu's he's still running around instead of confronting the woman pur a leash on your dog better still dump him before you get sick
NewKidOnTheBlock
mehlolo for real. how can one marry someone who is already married? she is married but screwing someone behind her husband back and now she suing for being dumped like a hot potato. she is not even ashamed of herslelf. sefebe. sies.
Nkwe
how do we as South Africans benefit from this nonsense? Look at the girls knees eish men you will never know what they want, if she was a chicken i would say she was a hardbody chicken.
truthhurt
So Malusi you like it like that hah! Come i have got something for you!
ayobaness
yah this is the year of entertainment
