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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has shelved the report of the public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane in the so-called rogue SARS unit.
The court ruled on Monday, issuing a punitive cost order against Mkhwebane and describing his conduct as “egregious”.
Mkhwebane discovered that former SARS commissioner Pravin Gordhan, who is currently the Minister of Public Enterprises, had inadvertently misled Parliament by not disclosing a meeting he had with members of the Gupta family, and that he had violated intelligence laws by overseeing the establishment of an “intelligence unit” in SARS in 2007, also known as the rogue unit.
“In our opinion, this matter shows that the public protector has not carried out its investigations in a manner appropriate to its charge,” the court concluded.
The court also noted that Mkhwebane relied on “discredited” reports to formulate his conclusions and that he exhibited “overt bias” towards Gordhan and former SARS executive Ivan Pillay.
This is a story in development.
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