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Water and sanitation minister Gugile Nkwinti says he was not given enough time to respond to a damning report, but the public protector's lawyers say his reasons for saying this were flimsy. File Picture: SIMON MATHEBULA
But the public protector hit back, saying through her lawyer that she could not bow down to the minister's request for an extension. Counsel for Mkhwebane, advocate Bright Shabalala, rebutted Nkwinti's case, saying it"limps on all fronts". When asked by judge Sardiwalla why Mkhwebane could not give Nkwinti the extension to respond to the case, Shabalala said it would set a bad precedent.
The investigation by Mkhwebane's office confirmed a Sunday Times report in 2017 that Nkwinti had introduced a former ANC staff member from Luthuli House, Errol Velile Present, to officials in his department. Eight months later, the department bought a R97m farm in Limpopo and handed it to Present and his business partners.
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