Mboweni seeks court order to set aside Public Protector remedial action against Mogajane
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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has filed a court application to set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's remedial action against Treasury's Director General Dondo Mogajane.
According to a statement from national treasury, Mboweni filed the application at the North Gauteng High Court.
Last year, Mkhwebane released a report following an investigation into Mogajane's application for the top position at Treasury. She found that he failed to disclose a criminal record – a speeding fine, Fin24 reported.
She recommended that President Cyril Ramaphosa take appropriate action against Mogajane in terms of the Public Service Act. According to the act, the president is responsible for disciplinary steps and the implementation of relevant sanctions against a head of department.
The president has since initiated the remedial action.
At a briefing to journalists ahead of delivering the budget speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said he is taking the matter on review and expressed full confidence in Mogajane.
"Dondo is fine. He is a good Christian," he said.
Although Mboweni recognises the public protector's office as a constitutionally mandated institution, he said he had a problem with the incumbent – Mkhwebane.
Later that day the public protector's office issued a statement in response to Mboweni's comments, in which Mkhwebane said Mboweni was trivialising a serious matter. Her office also indicated she will write to the president and Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbwete to report ministers interfering with her work.
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