Wounded Busisiwe Mkhwebane comes out guns blazing in parliament
Public protector seeks more funding and reveals she has asked NPA to probe Pravin Gordhan
10 July 2019 - 18:27
Under-fire public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane came out guns blazing during her appearance in parliament on Wednesday, describing recent attacks on her office as unconstitutional and some of the court challenges of her reports as “frivolous”.
Briefing parliament’s justice committee on her office’s annual performance plan and budget, Mkhwebane also revealed that she has asked the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan over the setting up of the so-called SA Revenue Service (Sars) “rogue unit”...
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