Gigaba flays public protector over 'deeply flawed' Absa-Bankorp report
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane failed to conduct a diligent investigation in line with her constitutional mandate, reaching conclusions in her Absa-Bankorp report that are “manifestly lacking in logic”, says Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba in a scathing affidavit filed last week in the High Court in Pretoria. Mkhwebane “reached conclusions of fact and law without any proper appreciation and sound analysis of the documents that were before her. “She failed to ask for information from the relevant parties to assist her investigation,” Gigaba said in court papers filed on behalf of the government, which is seeking to have the entire report set aside. Gigaba joins a growing chorus of voices — which include the Reserve Bank, Absa and Parliament — that have heaped scorn on Mkhwebane’s conduct and findings in the Absa-Bankorp report, and approached the court to have it set aside. The high court has already set aside Mkhwebane’s bid to have the constitutional mandate of the Bank changed...
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