Gigaba Resigns as South African Home Affairs Minister

Malusi Gigaba has stepped down as minister of home affairs following mounting pressure for President Cyril Ramaphosa to remove him from office. Gigaba's resignation comes after the leak of a private sex tape and legal battles over whether or not he granted approval to the Oppenheimer family to operate a private terminal at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.

Former home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba.

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