‘Baas Kruger’ faces Kubayi legal action over Social comments
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced plans to pursue legal action against the person behind the Facebook account “Baas Kruger”, following a dispute over words her ministry says were spoken by a journalist but attributed to her.…
In a statement dated 6 November, the ministry said the latest controversy arose from a doorstep interview at the ANC’s Siyanqoba rally in the Eastern Cape. A circulating clip shows Kubayi responding to SABC journalist Samkele Maseko about the March and March movement being “squeezed like cranberries”.
According to the ministry, Maseko used that phrase in his question. It said Kubayi did not utter those words and rejected claims suggesting otherwise. TownPress has not independently reviewed the complete interview, and the ministry’s account of the exchange remains its stated position.
