Gordhan and former Sars officials lodge review applications over public protector’s ‘hasty’ report
27 May 2019 - 05:08Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is to defend another report in court as public enterprise minister Pravin Gordhan and former SA Revenue Service senior officials Ivan Pillay and Oupa Magashule lodge review applications.
In her remedial action, Mkhwebane also ordered that the Sars commissioner set in motion steps to recover the money paid as actuarial deficit or penalty on behalf of Pillay by the revenue service to the Government Employee Pension Fund. Gordhan, Pillay, and Magashule said they would immediately take the report on review in court.
Mkhwebane said she will appeal against the judgment. She said she was still deciding whether to appeal against it in the high court or approach the Constitutional Court for direct access. Gordhan’s lawyer Tebogo Malatji said Mkhwebane had issued a notice in terms of Section 7 of the Public Protector Act, to respond to various grounds on which she intended to make adverse findings against the minister. A response was required within 14 days.
The National Prosecuting Authority withdrew charges linked to the pension payout against Gordhan, Pillay, and Magashule in October 2016. Mkhwebane received a complaint about the matter in November 2016 and only acted on it in February 2018.
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