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Gordhan denies seeking meeting with Mogoeng over appointment of judge friend Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng made the disturbing revelation to the Judicial Services Commission, which has been interviewing candidates for the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Eyewitness News.
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JOHANNESBURG - Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday said he did not seek a meeting with Chief Justice Mogoeng Mooeng in 2016 to discuss the appointment of close friend Judge Dhaya Pillay who was seeking a position at the Supreme Court of Appeal at the time.
This comes after Mogoeng revealed on Tuesday that then-Finance Minister Gordhan had asked him how his close friend had fared after she had just completed an interview for the vacancy.
I would never seek to influence Chief Justice - Gordhan on meeting with Mogoeng
14 April 2021 5:28 PM
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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has written to the JSC denying any suggestion that he tried to influence Chief Justice Mogoeng in the past.
In a letter addressed to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Gordhan has denied ever influencing Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhanâs letter to the Judicial Service Commission:
âI want to state emphatically that I would never, and nor did I in any way, seek to influence the Chief Justice, whose independence I have always respected.â pic.twitter.com/AElwnBezpj Karyn Maughan (@karynmaughan) April 14, 2021
Mkhwebane loses bid to appeal judgment on Ivan Pillayâs early retirement
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Johannesburg - Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, ex-acting SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Ivan Pillay and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane have all lost their bid to overturn the North Gauteng High Court ruling on Pillayâs early retirement.
A full bench of the high court â Judges Elizabeth Kubushi, Mpostoli Twala and Norman Davis â dismissed Mkhwebaneâs appeal as well as Gordhan and Pillayâs cross appeal.
âWe are, therefore, of the view that there are no reasonable prospects of success of the appeal. Put differently, we hold the view that there is no prospect that another court may come to a different conclusion in this case. Therefore, the applications for leave to appeal and cross-appeal the judgment fall to be dismissed,â the judges found.