Mkhwebane derived her subpoena powers from the constitution, Dali Mpofu tells court
He says she ‘honestly’ needs Jacob Zuma’s tax information to combat corruption and protect the public
06 March 2020 - 11:15
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s advocate has slammed any suggestion that she didn’t need to persist with her subpoena for former president Jacob Zuma’s tax information, because she could access that information from Zuma himself.
Advocate Dali Mpofu was responding to Sars advocate Jeremy Gauntlett’s scathing assessment of an affidavit filed on Thursday by Zuma. In the affidavit, Zuma confirms that he wrote the tweet giving Mkhwebane access to his confidential tax records...
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