ONE of the biggest battles to be fought in the Pretoria High Court is set to begin on Wednesday pitting the public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan against Busisiwe Mkhwebane over a report by the public protector which found the veteran ANC struggle stalwart had acted improperly in approving an early pension payout for former SA Revenue Services senior official Ivan Pillay.
Gordhan wants the court to review and set aside Mkhwebane’s report because he believes that Mkhwebane’s findings that he breached the executive ethics code were without evidence.
In a new twist this week, Mkhwebane demanded that Gordhan face jail time for accusing her of incompetence and for saying she is unfit to hold the position of public protector.
Lawyers representing Mkhwebane are set to argue that Gordhan is holding the public protector in contempt by calling her ‘incompetent’ and ‘politically motivated’.
“Contempt of the Public Protector is similar to
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