Analysis: Public Protector vs Gordhan and the role of State Security in latest legal battle By Marianne Thamm MarianneThamm
Those seeking a clearer understanding or possible motive for Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s latest attempt at nailing current Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, must take into account a 2014 classified report by former Inspector General for Intelligence, Faith Radebe.
It is no small irony that it was Shivambu who lodged the current complaint with the public protector using the ongoing “rogue unit” narrative which has been employed in numerous unsuccessful attempts to fell Gordhan and others, including former Deputy SARS commissioner, Ivan Pillay. Mkhwebane this week subpoenaed Gordhan to respond to the over 10-year-old allegations that he had participated in the creation of a “rogue unit” during his tenure as SARS Commissioner.on 702 on 24 April, Public Protector spokesperson, Oupa Segalwe, said the office had received two complaints against Gordhan, one from Shivambu, and another from an anonymous person who he confirmed “worked in government”.
The report also found that the SSA’s SOU had been set up irregularly by Presidential Proclamation rather than through legislation.On Wednesday, Segalwe said that the two complaints to Mkhwebane related to the SARS “rogue unit” as well as another with regard to the retirement of Pillay. Segalwe said the PP’s mandate was not to investigate criminality but to probe the possible abuse of power [by Gordhan] as well as the abuse of state resources and improper enrichment.
Testifying at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry on 17 and 18 April 2019, former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head, Johan Booysen, implicated Radebe and the office of the IGI in the removal of incriminating evidence from dockets pertaining to high-level criminal investigations into politically connected persons.
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