Ramaphosa backs Gordhan in supporting affidavit against Public Protector

Gordhan filed his court bid in response to Mkhwebane's controversial report relating to, among other things, the so-called 'rogue unit'. Gordhan also asked the court to interdict her office from enforcing the orders until the judicial review of her report on him was concluded.

"The President says in his submission that it is clear from Minister Gordhan’s review application that there is a bona fide justifiable dispute between Minister Gordhan and the Public Protector over the legal validity of the Public Protector's investigations and findings and the remedial action she has directed in her report.

"Moreover, Minister Gordhan also takes issue with the tacit assumption of the Public Protector that the President has legal powers 'to take appropriate disciplinary action' against the Minister when the Minister is not appointed to the Cabinet as an employee who is subject to disciplinary action but rather as a Minister who serves at the pleasure of the President," the statement says.

In his affidavit, Ramaphosa argues that any"appropriate disciplinary action" he may take against Gordhan would need to be informed by whether the investigation into Mkhwebane's findings are legally valid, and what disciplinary powers, if any, the president has over members of the Cabinet.More to follow.

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