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  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane at the launch of the Cheryl Zondi foundation. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Mkhwebane: I will not apologise to Pillay, Loggerenberg for rogue unit comments

    The pair's lawyers had written to Mkhwebane's office, giving her until 10 am on Tuesday to apologise to them for what they claim are false and defamatory statements.

    1107 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Gordhan will comply with his duties, lawyer says over Mkhwebane notice

    Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants answers from Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan as she investigates his meetings with the Gupta family and his involvement in the so-called Sars rogue unit.

    1121 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter.

    Mkhwebane: I'm just doing my job

    Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said that she was ready for attacks on her office as she takes on more investigations into complaints against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.

    1121 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Gordhan Cabinet appointment set for discussion at ANC NEC meeting

    Some senior ANC leaders, including Mzwandile Masina and Tony Yengeni, criticised President Ramaphosa for appointing Pravin Gordhan as Public Enterprises Minister despite damning findings against him by the Public Protector.

    1125 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Gordhan: I helped draft Constitution, so I can't be a delinquent

    Pravin Gordhan was reacting to anger from the EFF and others who were opposed to his return to Cabinet after the Public Protector found he acted improperly when approving the early retirement of former Sars executive Ivan Pillay during his time as Finance Minister.

    1125 days ago
  • FILE: Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina. Picture: Twitter/@EMMInfo.

    ANC members told to use right channels to air Cabinet concerns

    Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina took to social media to criticise the return of Pravin Gordhan to the Public Enterprises Ministry, saying it was 'a mockery of our democracy'.

    1126 days ago
  • FILE: Former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Assessing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s case against Pravin Gordhan

    702 host Eusebius McKaiser speaks to Tebogo Malatji about his client’s response to Mkhwebane’s report as well as to journalist Marianne Thamm about the wider question of the competency of the Public Protector and controversies surrounding her work.

    1127 days ago
  • Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Gordhan: Mkhwebane repeatedly reveals her stunning incompetence in her duties

    Pravin Gordhan filed an application on Tuesday to review and set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s findings on his decision to grant former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay in 2009.

    1127 days ago
  • FILE: Former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    ANC Integrity Commission told to flag Gordhan as reputational risk to party

    An ANC member who has filed a complaint to the party’s integrity commission against Pravin Gordhan said the body must flag him as a risk to the reputation of the party to prove it is acting without fear or favour.

    1127 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Gordhan: Timing of Public Protector's report 'politically motivated'

    Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane had found that Pravin Gordhan violated the Constitution by approving former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement.

    1128 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Gordhan’s lawyers ask court to set aside Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report

    The Public Protector found Minister Pravin Gordhan guilty of improper conduct after he granted the early retirement payout of then Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay.

    1128 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan at a press briefing at Lethabo power station. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Kathrada Foundation adamant Gordhan innocent over Ivan Pillay Sars payout

    In a report, Busisiwe Mkhwebane found Pravin Gordhan guilty of improper conduct after he granted the early retirement payout of then Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay.

    1128 days ago
  • FILE: Former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Nothing untoward in Gordhan approving Ivan Pillay's retirement, says lawyer

    On Friday, Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane found Pravin Gordhan unlawfully signed off an early retirement payout for former South African Revenue Services deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay.

    1129 days ago
  • FILE: Former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Public Protector's attack on Gordhan's PA unnecessary - lawyer

    Lawyers representing former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said that the attack on his personal assistant by the Public Protector's office was unnecessary and can be settled at an elementary level.

    1129 days ago
  • Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Public Protector finds Gordhan guilty over SARS retirement payout

    Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane urged Cyril Ramaphosa to take appropriate disciplinary action against Minister Pravin Gordhan's approval of Ivan Pillay’s payout and early retirement.

    1132 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on 4 December 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

    Mkhwebane, former Sars officials meet over Gordhan's approval of Pillay payout

    The advocate called for the meeting to interview them about Minister Pravin Gordhan's approval of Ivan Pillay's early retirement.

    1192 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Former Sars officials to appear before Mkhwebane over Ivan Pillay payout

    It's understood that then Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan approved the retirement payout to Pillay after receiving a legal opinion confirming that it was lawful for him to do so.

    1192 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    [LISTEN] ‘Pravin Gordhan did not ignore Mkwebhane’s calls’

    Talk Radio 702 host Karima Brown talks to Pravin Gordhan’s attorney Tebogo Malatji about how the meeting with Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane went.

    1322 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN

    Pravin Gordhan’s meeting with Public Protector went well – lawyer

    The minister met with Busisiwe Mkhwebane in Pretoria on Wednesday after he was subpoenaed to explain details around the approval of former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Piillay’s early retirement package.

    1322 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    [LISTEN] 'Perhaps somebody is misleading the Public Protector'

    Talk Radio 702 host Karima Brown speaks to the SACC about the Public Protector’s subpoena to Minister Pravin Gordhan.

    1324 days ago
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    1324 days ago
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