Cape Town - Malusi Gigaba, who resigned as home affairs minister, deleted his Twitter account soon after the Presidency announced on Tuesday that he had submitted a letter of resignation to President Cyril Ramaphosa. However, memes of his exit ran rampant on social media.
Gigaba said in his letter of resignation that he was stepping down for the sake of "our country", and also to relieve Ramaphosa from "undue" pressure.
He also found himself in hot water and faced mounting pressure to explain how he had granted permission to the Oppenheimer's Fireblade Aviation to run a private terminal at OR Tambo International Airport.
The Constitutional Court upheld the North Gauteng High Court's ruling that Gigaba had lied under oath after the tried to challenge the Public Protector's report on the Fireblade contract.
Bra Gigs giving Bra Blade a warning that his got big pants 😬 I mean shoes to fill... #MalusiGigaba pic.twitter.com/F8qt2OSUC1
— Mandla Mhlanga 🇿🇦 (@MandlaMhlanga_) November 13, 2018
#MalusiGigaba pic.twitter.com/wI7xBr4QJ1
— Sawa Ngobeni (@directorsawa) November 13, 2018
#MalusiGigaba this👇👇👏😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/N91qAbnkj5
— kakas (@MasepaMotho) November 13, 2018
When one window closes, open brazzers #MalusiGigaba pic.twitter.com/aTJyTTovXS
— The 6ickest (@Kay_SickThots) November 13, 2018
Blade is appointed as the acting Minister Of Home Affairs so what's the use of a deputy minister? #MalusiGigaba pic.twitter.com/2IexHwLGDl
— Nasie ✨ (@NasiphiMbava) November 13, 2018