Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says the allegation that minister Pravin Gordhan abused his position to influence the appointment of his friend Dhaya Pillay can not be corroborated.
The public protector says there is no evidence that minister Pravin Gordhan tried to influence the JSC. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER
said Gordhan had approached him in 2016 to ask how “his close friend” Pillay had fared after she had completed an interview for a vacancy at the SCA. “We have had to close this investigation because Mr Shivambu’s allegations could not be corroborated,” Mkhwebane said during a media briefing on Wednesday.
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