Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has asked the Public Protector to investigate "bribery" allegations made against his partner in a weekend newspaper report.
Motlanthe says he's written to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela asking her to investigate allegations made against him and Gugu Mtshali in the Sunday Times.
A statement from his office said both Motlanthe and Mtshali are firmly of the view that they have committed no wrongdoing of any kind in relation to the alleged events described in the Sunday Times story.
The newspaper alleged that Mtshali had been implicated in soliciting a 104 million rand "bribe" to obtain government support for a South African company trying to clinch a 2 billion rand sanction-busting deal with Iran.
