Riyaz Patel
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has filed an application at the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal a High Court ruling which suspended the implementation of remedial action against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Last month, Gordhan secured an urgent interdict to suspend the remedial action ordered in the South African Revenue Service (SARS) so-called ‘rogue unit’ report against him while he seeks a full judicial review.
President Cyril Ramaphosa filed a supporting affidavit in relation to Gordhan’s application seeking to suspend the enforcement of remedial action recommended by the Public Protector.
In the papers filed with South Africa’s highest court, Mkhwebane argues that the High Court order was “granted erroneously and is bad in law” and that it will “create unbearable conditions for the effective functioning of the Public Protector.”
She wants the order to
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