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Former finance minister and ANC Youth League leader Malusi Gigaba’s wife Norma Mngoma has opened up about her arrest in July for the first time in a lengthy founding affidavit signed in Sandton.

that she was reintroducing herself with her maiden name – described how her arrest on charges of malicious damage to property and crimen injuria had affected her nine-year-old and seven-year-old sons.She also described her arrest, when members of the Hawks seized her electronic gadgets. Mngoma said her two sons were present and witnessed the arrest, which took place last month at her marital home. Both her children, she said, were now struggling to concentrate in school.

I realised that [Malusi] lied to me. In fact, the criminal charges he had laid against me had not been withdrawn. When I confronted him about that, he told me there must have been a mistake and he would be withdrawing the case that afternoon at the Brooklyn Police Station. To date, he has not done soShe further described her arrest as “an egregious and clearly mala fide [in bad faith] abuse of power”, which should not be tolerated by the court.

“I realised that [he] lied to me. In fact, the criminal charges he had laid against me had not been withdrawn. When I confronted him about that, he told me there must have been a mistake and he would be withdrawing the case that afternoon at the Brooklyn Police Station. To date, he has not done so,” her affidavit read.

I got angry and confronted Malusi. We had a serious argument about Peterson and that was the reason I sent the message to Peterson and insulted him, because I felt he had destroyed my marriageIn her affidavit, Mngoma explained exactly what her motives were and what transpired the night she damaged the slick vehicle. She admitted that, on July 20 at about 8pm, she snapped, took a vegetable slicer and scratched the Mercedes-Benz.

 

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