Questions Raised Over Mkhwebane’s ‘Key Witness’ In Gordhan Report

A supposedly key witness quoted in Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane’s report on Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan was never a member of the South African Revenue Services (Sars) ‘rogue unit,’ the Sunday Times reports.

Keletso Bizoski Manyike reportedly worked as a law interpreter in the legal administration and policy division at Sars and later in debt collection.

Mkhwebane’s report, which claims Gordhan was the mastermind behind the Sars ‘rogue unit,’ lists Manyike as a former Sars ‘specialist agent.’

The Sunday Times further reported that Mkhwebane never contacted Manyike to interview him.

Mkhwebane has found that Gordhan was guilty of maladministration and violating the prescripts of the Constitution in approving the establishment of an intelligence unit at the Sars in 2007.

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