'Unpalatable' for key functionaries to fight in the courts: Cyril Ramaphosa to Public Protector

President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone to court in a bid to stay Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s order that he must take “appropriate disciplinary action” against public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan over the early retirement granted to ex Sars boss Ivan Pillay.

As such, he cannot make any decisions until after Gordhan's legal review of the public protector's report is finalised. Ramaphosa said: “Issuing an application [in circumstances where I believe it is wholly unnecessary] to interdict the implementation of remedial action[s] of the Public Protector, will unfortunately feed into the unfounded narrative that the State is at war with itself.”

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