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South Africa: Biased Public Protector's Conduct 'Reprehensible', High Court Finds, Hands Gordhan Comprehensive Victory
Daily Maverick, 7 December 2020
Mkhwebane's conduct in the course of her investigation into Pravin Gordan and a so-called SARS "rogue unit" has been described by the Gauteng High Court as "without foundation,… Read more »
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South Africa: Court Sets Aside Report at Core of Probe into Revenue Service 'Rogue Unit'
Daily Maverick, 9 June 2020
A document which Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane had hoped to use as the bedrock of her report on Pravin Gordhan in the ongoing SARS 'rogue unit' saga has been reviewed and set… Read more »
South African Court Sets Aside Revenue Service's 'Rogue' Report
The North Gauteng High Court has set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report into the alleged South African Revenue Service (SARS) "rogue unit". The court ruled that Mkhwebane showed bias towards Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay. The judges, in a 111-page ruling, finally put to rest Mkhwebane's conclusion in her report that Gordhan had established an illegal unit at SARS as being "without foundation, particularly as this conclusion is based on discredited reports and unsubstantiated facts."
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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkwebane has been at the centre of a political minefield with among others, her investigation of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, where he is Read more »
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The North Gauteng High Court has granted Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan an interdict, allowing him to avert remedial action recommended by Public Protector Busisiwe ... Read more »
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Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has filed an urgent application to challenge the implementation of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's remedial actions against him, ... Read more »
