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“[Pravin Gordhan] was a highly skilled backroom operator who shied away from the spotlight” (Getty Images)

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

Pillay’s pension: Another court defeat for Mkhwebane

High court dismisses the public protector’s bid to appeal a ruling striking down her findings against Pravin Gordhan on Ivan Pillay’s Sars retirement

Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane. (Gallo/Phil Magakoe)

Moyane too ill to testify at Zondo commission after days of damning allegations

Symington returned to bizarre ‘hostage drama’ and implicated the former Sars commissioner in fabricating charges against Pravin Gordhan with the Hawks

Axed public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. File photo by Madelene Cronje

High court sets aside public protector report on Gordhan and Sars ‘rogue unit’

Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘allowed her important office to be used to try and resuscitate a long-dead fake news propaganda fiction’, the court ruled

The public enterprises minister has said there have been deliberate attempts to undermine the transaction, which is aimed at rehabilitating the airline. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

War of words at Zondo commission: ‘Grow up Mr Gordhan, don’t be cheeky’

The cross-examination of the public enterprises minister by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry went on well into overtime on Monday evening

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Gordhan tells Zondo how Moyane wanted to advance the objectives of state capture

The public enterprises minister is being cross-examined by Tom Moyane’s lawyers at the state capture inquiry, as both men seek to defend their reputations

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Ruvan Boshoff/Reuters)

Ramaphosa supports Gordhan against Public Protector in ‘rogue unit’ court case

The president says any disciplinary action he takes would “necessarily have to be informed” by the court’s decision

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Ramaphosa enters the fray in fight between Gordhan and Mkhwebane

The president said his court case is “unfortunate” and a “measure of last resort”

Former deputy Sars commissioner, Ivan Pillay. (David Harrison/M&G)

Ivan Pillay: Public Protector’s remedial action is ‘improper’

The former deputy Sars commissioner has filed court papers supporting Pravin Gordhan

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is adamant the tax body’s investigative unit was lawfully formed. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Sars’s power to gather intelligence finally goes to court

The revenue services’ so-called ‘rogue unit’ has been investigated by several bodies, but a court is the right place to put an end to the saga

The public enterprises minister has said there have been deliberate attempts to undermine the transaction, which is aimed at rehabilitating the airline. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

Gordhan fires back at Mkhwebane

The reappointed public enterprises minister goes further, claiming the public protector’s finding against him was politically motivated

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says the saboteurs are ‘obviously’ people working at facility  (Gallo)

Gordhan’s opponents pounce in the wake of Public Protector’s pension payout report

The former public enterprises minister’s critics have been lobbying hard to prevent his appointment to the Cabinet

In papers filed on Tuesday, Gordhan has asked the high court in Pretoria to set aside and declare the report “unconstitutional, unlawful, irrational and invalid”. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Gordhan: Mkhwebane’s report ‘politically motivated and riddled with errors’

The former public enterprises minister wants the high court to set aside the Public Protector’s report which found he had acted improperly

Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

EFF stands by Public Protector after earlier misgivings

The party was initially unconvinced by her suitability for the post

According to insiders, Mkhwebane is seen as part of the “fightback” by the camp aligned to former president Jacob Zuma, who are implicated in allegations of corruption and state capture. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Public Protector: You’re welcome to take me to court

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s spokesperson said that those who are aggrieved with Mkwebane’s findings are welcome to approach the courts.

“No other person would be permitted to get away with the kind of obfuscation contained in the president’s affidavits,” Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said in court papers. (Phill Magakoe/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Public Protector’s report ‘wrong’ in fact and in law — Gordhan lawyer

The public enterprises minister says he will challenge advocate Mkhwebane’s report

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan. (Reuters)

Public Protector finds Gordhan guilty of maladministration in Pillay pension payout

Report released on cusp of President Ramaphosa’s Cabinet announcement finds Gordhan acted irregularly during tenure as finance minister

Former Sars commissioner Oupa Magashula. File Photo

Mkhwebane subpoenas former Sars boss in probe against Gordhan

The ​Public Protector has subpoenaed former Sars commissioner Oupa Magashula over former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement

Lebelo’s affidavit follows a recent attempt by Moyane to challenge the commission, which resulted in the Constitutional Court dismissing his case. (SABC)

I’m sorry for the offence: Rivers Church pastor Andre Olivier apologises after being accused of delivering a racist sermon

The Sars group executive for employment relations says his submissions to the commission are being "deliberately suppressed"

Gordhan’s long-awaited testimony garnered widespread attention, especially after his statement to the commission was leaked and published in the media. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Gordhan to finally appear before Zondo commission

The public enterprises minister is expected to detail his time as finance minister and attacks on the treasury for looking into suspected corruption