POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Court to host another round of Gordhan versus the Guptas
The showdown between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Gupta family will take place in the High Court in Pretoria this week. And Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has until the end of the week to tell the highest court in the land why she should not be held personally liable for the social grants fiasco. In 2016, Gordhan lodged an application for a declaratory order confirming that he could not intervene in the dispute between Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments and the country’s four banks. The matter is set down to be heard on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dlamini has until Friday to tell the Constitutional Court why she should not be added, in her personal capacity, to the Black Sash’s application regarding the contract between the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and Cash Paymaster Services. She must motivate, in an affidavit, why she should not pay the costs of the matter out of her own pocket. The Constitutional Court on March 17 ordered that the contract bet...
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