Protector serves second subpoena on Pravin Gordhan over ‘rogue unit’
His spokesperson says subpoena was leaked to the media while Gordhan was consulting lawyers
Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan has been served with a second subpoena by the Public Protector in relation to her investigation into the SA Revenue Service's (Sars') so-called rogue unit. Gordhan appeared before public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane for the first time in November. This was in relation to the early pension payout to former Sars senior official Ivan Pillay during Gordhan's first stint as finance minister. Oupa Magashula was Sars commissioner at the time. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew charges linked to the pension payout against Gordhan, Magashula and Pillay in October 2016. Mkhwebane received a complaint about the matter in November 2016 and acted on it only in February 2018. The second subpoena served on Gordhan is in relation to a complaint lodged by EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu about the "rogue unit". "The same allegations have been investigated repeatedly by various institutions — including the office of the Public Protecto...
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