Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has emerged as the Presidency’s pivotal witness against suspended tax office commissioner Tom Moyane — and Moyane’s lawyers are not happy about it. After a series of missed deadlines, the Presidency on Thursday filed a 69-page affidavit by Gordhan, in which he sought to outline the four misconduct charges against Moyane. He emphasised that, as the former finance minister, he had “personal knowledge of the facts relevant to this matter up until 30 March 2017”. “Furthermore, the documents and correspondence relevant to this matter were within my custody and control during that time,” he stated.But Moyane’s lawyers are not convinced and have queried why Gordhan, who they say has had “a well-documented history of conflict” with Moyane, is making the Presidency’s case for his removal. “The crisp issue that needs to be determined by this misconduct inquiry is whether President Ramaphosa had a basis to lose confidence in Mr Moyane. So it’s inexpli...
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