Publish date | 10 July 2019 |
Issue Number | 668 |
Diary | Legalbrief Forensic |
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday filed court papers in an urgent bid to interdict remedial actions in a report released by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Friday. The papers, which were filed in the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) are in response to Mkhwebane’s report on SARS and conduct by Gordhan, particularly surrounding the so-called ‘rogue unit’. A report on the News24 site notes that Gordhan wants the court to interdict Mkhwebane and the Office of the Public Protector from taking any action to enforce the remedial action. She recommended action be taken by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise, State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo, national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi and police commissioner Kehla Sithole. Gordhan has also asked the court to interdict Mkhwebane and the Office of the Public Protector from taking any action to enforce the remedial action.