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Gordhan accuses Busisiwe Mkhwebane of unlawful investigations
The high court in Pretoria overturned Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report into the approval of an early retirement of former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay.
This has dealt another blow to the beleaguered Public Protector.
On Monday, the Pretoria High Court set aside Mkhwebane's report into the unit.
This was yet another blow for Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane in legal battles focusing on the so-called South African Revenue Service (Sars) ‘rogue’ unit report.
The trio was accused of spying on the Scorpions in 2007, while that unit was prosecuting disgraced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi.
The case against three former South African Revenue Service (Sars) officials, including its former deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay, has been postponed until February 2020 to allow the prosecutions boss Shamila Batohi to review the case.
Ivan Pillay, Johan van Loggerenberg and Andries Janse van Rensburg made a brief appearance in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday, where the state asked for the postponement.
Last month, the High Court granted an order in the application brought by Pravin Gordhan, which suspended the implementation of the Public Protector’s remedial action pending a judicial review of the report.
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The Public Protector's spokesperson Oupa Segalwe said these court challenges were foreseen by Advocate Thuli Madonsela after the highest court in the land confirmed that the Public Protector’s remedial action was binding unless set aside by a court of law.
The Pretoria High Court’s decision that saw the Public Protector lose another legal challenge has been met with mixed reaction.
The Pretoria High Court today ruled that President Ramaphosa had complied with the remedial action in the report related to Minister Pravin Gordhan’s authorisation of a Sars employee’s early retirement.
Judge Lettie Molopa-Sethosa said the Public Protector’s remedial action was silent on when and how the president should take disciplinary action against Pravin Gordhan.
The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the president has complied with the remedial action in relation to the report on former South African Revenue Service (Sars) deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement.
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane last month directed the president to take action against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan Gordhan for his authorisation of former deputy Sars commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement.
The Public Protector threatened the National Assembly with legal action should it proceed with plans to oust her.
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