Pravin Gordhan and Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: ALON SKUY/SIMPHIWE NKWALI
The rogue unit was a narrative used as an excuse to purge senior Sars executives, as well as disband the tax agency’s executive committee when Tom Moyane took over as commissioner at the end of 2014. Advocate Wim Trengove, for Gordhan, argued that Mkhwebane was abusing her powers as the public protector.
Trengove said that Mkhwebane failed to show what the special circumstances were, despite numerous requests for those. Masuku accused Gordhan of trying to frustrate the process and that as a member of the executive he was obliged to support and co-operate with the public protector. He said there were accusations that the unit had misconducted itself but that there was no suggestion that Gordhan authorised this or was complicit in this.
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