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The government has distanced itself from Defence Deputy Minister Kebby Maphatsoe's claim that Public Protector Thuli
Madonsela works for the CIA.
Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says government distances itself from such accusations as they were never discussed at any official government meeting nor do they
reflect the views and thinking of government.
It was reported on Monday that Maphatsoe, who chairs the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans' Association, had accused Madonsela of being a CIA plant.
US Embassy spokesman Jack Hillmeyer confirmed later that the country's ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard would lodge an official diplomatic complaint about the allegations.
Madonsela has given Maphatsoe three days to prove his claim.
