NEW: Van Rooyen was most qualified for finance minister job - Zuma

Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister David van Rooyen was the best qualified candidate to serve as South Africa’s finance minister, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.

“That thing caused such a havoc. It caused such havoc and people think Zuma just woke up one day and and took a decision. Some say he was told by some people [to appoint Van Rooyen as finance minister in December],” Zuma told delegates at the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Press Corps in Pretoria.


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