Tebogo Malatji, the attorney of Minister Pravin Gordhan, shared correspondence with the public protector requesting an extension. The letter is dated April 16, 2019, and not April 22, 2019 as the public protector’s office had stated in its media statement.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has complied with the Constitution in terms of his conduct in the matter Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is investigating, his lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday evening.
“In the spirit of fairness, I have decided to grant Minister Gordhan the extension he has requested so that he may have a reasonable opportunity to gather the information I need as some of it goes a few years back,” Mkhwebane said in a statement on Tuesday. “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,” the statement read.Malatji also shared part of Gordhan’s correspondence with the public protector requesting an extension. The letter is dated April 16, 2019, and not April 22, 2019 as the public protector’s office had stated in its media statement.
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