Busisiwe Mkhwebane: Time up for ârogueâ prosecutor, nailed for Gordhan attacks?
The Pretoria High Court says Mkhwebane ignored hard facts, evidence, and was biased as she compiled her report into the Sars rogue unit.
The Pretoria High Court says Mkhwebane ignored hard facts, evidence, and was biased as she compiled her report into the Sars rogue unit.
The state capture inquiry turned into a battefield as Tom Moyane took on Pravin Gordhan in a tough cross-examination.
The so-called âRogue Unit at SARSâ was a narrative used by the state capturers since 2014 and became the weapon of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
A particularly nasty move by graft-tainted Zuma allies was to develop a narrative about a unit within the South African Revenue Service that had gone “rogue”.
The genesis of the now-discredited ârogue unitâ narrative can be traced back at least to this report which the EFF and the Public Protector have relied on in various court actions.
The South African Revenue Service Rogue Unit is believed to be an invention of pro-Zuma individuals who were intent on excising anti-corruption busters from the country’s tax organ and beyond.
Wingate-Pearseâs court application relied on the existence of the SARS investigative unit to argue that his constitutional rights were infringed during âillegal, covert raidsâ on his business premises.
The remedial orders of the Public Protector against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, are âvague, contradictory and nonsensicalâ.
The longer Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane keeps firing her legal pump-action shotgun, the less convincing and damaging it seems to get.
To be a fly on the wall, one could picture a dartboard in the Public Protector’s office with Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan’s picture on it.