1. Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba was born on 30 August 1971 and is a South African politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa from 27 February 2018 until his resignation on 13 November 2018.
Malusi Gigaba held the post from 25 May 2014 to 31 March 2017 as appointed by former President Jacob Zuma.
Malusi Gigaba previously served as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Public Enterprises and Minister of Finance in the government of South Africa.
Malusi Gigaba is currently a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.
Malusi Gigaba was first elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 1999 as Member of Parliament for the African National Congress.
Malusi Gigaba resigned in 2001 but was elected to the National Assembly again in 2004.
Malusi Gigaba served in that position until 2014, when he was appointed Minister of Home Affairs.
Malusi Gigaba was appointed Minister of Finance in March 2017 after the controversial dismissal of Pravin Gordhan.
Malusi Gigaba served until his forced resignation in November 2018, after mounting pressure for him to resign or for Ramaphosa to dismiss him.
Malusi Gigaba resigned as Member of the National Assembly on 15 November 2018.
Malusi Gigaba is known as a chief architect of state capture.
Malusi Gigaba did his primary school education at Mathonsi Primary School in Mandeni around 1983, followed by high school education at Vryheid State High School in 1988.
Malusi Gigaba attended Ethalana high school in the district of Umzinyathi where he attained his matric.
Malusi Gigaba earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Durban-Westville in 1991, and a Master's degree in Social Policy.
Malusi Gigaba has been active in youth organizations, and was elected president of the African National Congress Youth League three times in a row.
Malusi Gigaba became one of the founding members of the Education Students Society University of Durban-Westville in 1992.
In 2004 Malusi Gigaba was re-elected to Parliament where he became Deputy Minister of Home Affairs until October 2010.
Malusi Gigaba was involved in a new visa system allowing easier legal flow of migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
On 31 March 2017, Malusi Gigaba was appointed Minister of Finance, replacing Pravin Gordhan, raising suspicions that he was deployed by Zuma to assist him in developing his allegedly corrupt relationship with the Guptas.
On 27 February 2018, Malusi Gigaba was removed from his position as the Minister of Finance and replaced by Nhlanhla Nene.
On 13 November 2018, Malusi Gigaba resigned as Minister of Home Affairs and subsequently as Member of the National Assembly on 15 November 2018.
Malusi Gigaba apparently told state security agents that the account was opened by one of his officials without his knowledge.
Malusi Gigaba's spokesperson denied any connection with the account or knowledge of the investigation.
When Malusi Gigaba appeared before The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture at parastatals in 2018 he denied holding any bank accounts in Dubai, and stated that he only had one account, with a local South African bank.
Malusi Gigaba then approached the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court concurrently.
Malusi Gigaba exploited a loophole in the Public Finance Management Act that made it possible to use the procurement procedures of State-Owned Enterprises to benefit selected contractors sanctioned by the Gupta Family network, this initiated the "repurposing" of State-Owned Enterprises as vehicles for looting.
Malusi Gigaba is known as a chief architect of state capture, mainly because he purposely appointed key brokers of the state capture project to high level positions at State-Owned Enterprises Transnet and Eskom.
Controversy was stirred in early 2015 when Malusi Gigaba fraudulently granted South African citizenship to members of the Gupta Family.
Malusi Gigaba was instrumental in appointing Iqbal Sharma, a known Salim Essa and Gupta Family associate, to the Transnet board and Brian Molefe, later a known Gupta Family intimate, as Transnet chief executive in 2011.
Malusi Gigaba attempted to elevate Sharma to board chair, but this was prevented by his Cabinet colleagues over concerns of Sharma's known close relationship with the Gupta Family.
In 2012 Malusi Gigaba delayed support for a turnaround strategy for South African Airways put forward by then board chair Cheryl Carolus, causing financial damage to the airline.
The reason for these costly failures in SoEs is poor corporate governance, whose seeds sprouted when Minister Malusi Gigaba was at the helm of the Department of Public Enterprises.
Malusi Gigaba was married to Thabong Nxumalo; they divorced in 2010.
Malusi Gigaba apologized for the incident in a series of tweets.