PublicProtector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has laid down the law to President Cyril Ramaphosa, instructing him to take action against embattled Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for violating the Constitution.
Durban - Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has laid down the law to President Cyril Ramaphosa, instructing him to take action against embattled Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for violating the Constitution and deliberately misleading Parliament about the SARS rogue unit and his meeting with a member of the Gupta family.
“Even if the unit was never called the rogue unit at SARS, the operations and functions of the CBCU, a unit that existed, were similar. The conduct of Mr Gordhan as referred to in the establishment of the intelligence unit at SARS is improper and in violation of Section 209 of the Constitution and therefore amounts to maladministration as envisaged in Section 182 of the Constitution and abuse of power as envisaged in Section 6 of the Public Protector Act,” said Mkhwebane.
Mkhwebane further ordered State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo, Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi to implement their share of remedial steps against Gordhan. However, none of them was willing to comment on the report when contacted yesterday.
However, that instruction might result in the opening of old wounds. A source within the elite crime fighting unit said criminal investigations would resuscitate former Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza’s probe. He sent Gordhan 27 questions in 2016 related to the establishment of the rogue unit. However, it was run by various managers who included at times Andries Janse van Rensburg, as well as Johann van Loggerenberg.
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