JOHANNESBURG - International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said an investigation will be conducted after an official from his department was seen accompanying Jacob Zuma.
Former president Zuma visited state capture allies the Gupta brothers in India.
“I have noted the newspaper reports and the public information and we have requested information from our director general on how the visit happened, the involvement of DIRCO and the High Commissioner in India. The South African High Commissioner, in which capacity and what was the process that was followed?
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“But we need to explain this. As you are aware, the former presidents are entitled to privileges. Some of their privileges include facilitation through our diplomatic protocol, so we will have to inquire.
Lamola said a lot of questions had to be answered.
“That is why we are inquiring to find out how this happened? What informs it? What was the nature of the visit and what was the nature of the involvement of our High Commissioner in India? We must state that while the presidential act does allow privileges to flow, as a former president, it does not allow them to run a parallel foreign policy, which seems to be the case now with President Zuma.”