Gordhan accuses Mkhwebane of 'behaviour unbecoming of her office'
Cape Town - Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday said Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was behaving in a manner not befitting her office by falsely accusing him of colluding with others on how to respond to her questions about a so-called rogue unit with the South African Revenue Service.
Firstly, it was not true that he had only approached her on Monday to seek an extension of the deadline by which he had to respond to questions from her, the minister said. "We take serious issue with any suggestion by the Public Protector that there was collusion by ‘implicated parties who were served with subpoenas’ to coordinate how our client responds to her office," the minister's office said.
"We will be challenging the Public Protector to provide the factual basis for the statement suggesting that Minister is acting in concert with others and why he is referred to as an implicated party." This charge of establishing a so-called rogue spy unit within Sars was repeatedly leveled against Gordhan after he fell foul of former president Jacob Zuma.
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