THE Reserve Bank is facing fresh scrutiny of its apartheid past if President Nelson Mandela grants permission for a new probe into its activites in the final days of white rule. Department of Justice Deputy Director General Deon Rudman confirmed that an official team headed by Judge Willem Heath probing state malpractice has requested a second probe focusing on the Reserve Bank, and said it could be raised next week with Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. If granted, the request will then proceed for presidential approval.