The public protector has not yet received formal papers, but notes the level of the personal insults is ‘below the dignity’ of both parties
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she has not yet been formally served with court papers, but will defend her report into the Sars “rogue unit”.
Mkhwebane said she accepts the review is part of the prescribed process available to aggrieved parties, but she also expressed disappointment at how the “court application is cloaked in the indignity of personal insults”. The public protector said she would only be commenting on the facts of the matter, adding that engaging with the personal insults was “below the dignity” of the high offices of responsibility she and Gordhan occupied.
Last week, the public protector found that the establishment of the Sars investigative unit was unlawful and that Gordhan, who was Sars commissioner at the time, had violated the constitution. In her remedial action, she directed President Cyril Ramaphosa to take disciplinary action against Gordhan, and directed the national police commissioner to investigate his conduct and that of other officials involved in the unit.
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