NATIONAL NEWS - Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has not shown any special circumstances to investigate the complaint against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, and the so-called Sars “rogue unit”, says his legal representative, Wim Trengove.
Gordhan has taken a report by the public protector on review, which found that he lied to Parliament in saying he had no interactions with the Gupta family and that he had established an illegal intelligence gathering unit – the “rogue unit”.
The matter was heard online on Thursday before Judges Selby Baqwa, Leonie Windell and Annali Basson.
Trengove argued that, according to the Public Protector Act, the public protector cannot “entertain” complaints relating to matters which are more than two years old, except under special circumstances.
