Former finance minister Trevor Manuel has backed public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan in his battle with the public protector, saying there was no SA Revenue Service (Sars) “rogue unit”.

Manuel was finance minister when Gordhan established the investigative unit during his time as commissioner at the tax agency. ..

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