The Weekend View

Mkwebane loses another high profile case


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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has lost yet another high profile case after the North Gauteng High Court declared another report involving the South African Revenue Service (Sars), unlawful and invalid. The Public Protector's report, released in April, had found that Sars had irregularly appointed a company to provide a 100 million rand  IT services contract. But the court on Friday set aside all findings and remedial action. The Public Protector's office has also been ordered to pay Sars' legal costs incurred in the review of this report. This comes as Parliament's impeachment inquiry probes legal expenditure by the Public Protector's office. In another case on Thursday, the Constitutional Court banged the last nail in the coffin of the infamous and discredited report into the SARS "rogue unit", dismissing the suspended Mkhwebane's application for leave to appeal. We spoke to  Advocate Paul Hoffman, Director at Accountability Now...

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