The nexus between suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and opposition party the EFF in directing the SARS ‘rogue unit’ investigation, weaponised to target Pravin Gordhan, was more vividly revealed at the Section 194 inquiry on Thursday.
Setlhomamaru Dintwe, desperate to get her hands on a “legal” copy of the classifiedthat she used as the basis for her now notorious and discredited report into the SARS “rogue unit”.In a recording leaked to the media, Mkhwebane can be heard saying, “I was surprised, whoever had it should not have it, it is classified.
In July 2019, Pretoria High Court Judge Sulet Potterill suspended Mkhwebane’s remedial action against Gordhan. A month later, in August 2019, Mkhwebane withdrew her Constitutional Court application for leave to appeal against that ruling.Mogaladi who the original “anonymous” complainant had been in the SARS “Rogue Unit” matter.Shivambu is a Member of Parliament who swore to uphold the rule of law and the Constitution.
2014 Radebe report into ‘rogue unit’ based on discredited witnesses, sheds light on genesis of attack on SARS At the start of the meeting in January 2019, Mkhwebane, who we now know ran a tight, mean ship, set out some parameters, reminding those present that “an organ of state or person“In this instance we have this complaint against Minster Gordhan relating to the operations of that SARS alleged rogue unit,” Mkhwebane told Dintwe and his officials.
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