Masuku argues that SIU’s findings lacks factual & legal substance | Citypress

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“The SIU appears to have placed the cart before the horse. It ought to have conducted these investigations before making the damning findings contained in the letters of September 18 and October 1.”

Masuku has already filed a court application seeking to overturn the SIU’s findings against him, which led to his removal from his position by Premier David Makhura.

Motalane wrote that the SIU was abusing the proclamation allowing it to investigate the looting of Covid-19 funds to “unlawfully solicit information to buttress its opposition to our client’s application, which application is pending”. He argued that the belated attempt to get further information from Masuku smacked of a “fishing expedition”. “The information ought to have been procured by the SIU prior to the findings contained in the letters impugned by the application,” he wrote.The SIU appears to have placed the cart before the horse.

 

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