South African finance minister resigns after graft testimony

AP  |  Johannesburg 

South Africa's minister has resigned after acknowledging missteps during the scandal-tainted tenure of former

The new minister is Tito Mboweni, former of the

Nene told a corruption inquiry that he had visited the home of a business family linked to alleged graft under and he later apologized.

He said the visits occurred when he was minister and also finance minister before fired him from that post in 2015.

Ramaphosa, a former deputy president, had brought Nene back into the Cabinet after replacing Zuma in February.

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First Published: Tue, October 09 2018. 20:45 IST