{"id":8412,"date":"2021-04-14T18:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2021-04-14T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T16:34:09","slug":"eff-to-ask-saps-public-protector-to-probe-gordhan-over-mogoengs-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eff-to-ask-saps-public-protector-to-probe-gordhan-over-mogoengs-claims","title":{"rendered":"EFF to ask SAPS, public protector to probe Gordhan over Mogoeng\u2019s claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg: The EFF says it will open a corruption case against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan after he allegedly questioned Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on his friend&#8217;s performance for a Constitutional Court position.<\/p>\n<p>Mogoeng revealed during the Judicial Service Commission&#8217;s (JSC) interview session on Tuesday that Gordhan had approached him for a meeting a few years ago to discuss matters &#8220;he could not recall&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The chief justice said, in passing, Gordhan asked him how his friend, KwaZulu-Natal High Court judge Dhaya Pillay, had done in the interview for a position at the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mogoeng mentioned this to Judge Pillay during her second attempt at securing a Constitutional Court position at the JSC&#8217;s latest interview process.<\/p>\n<p>He said Gordhan\u2019s question puzzled him.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mogoeng did not mention whether he had reported the incident following Gordhan&#8217;s query, although he said he had been worried about it for all those years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He (Gordhan) came, I do not have a clear recollection of what the purpose of the meeting was, but what stuck to my mind and left me puzzled was the following: he asked me how did my friend Dhaya Pillay perform?&#8221; Justice Mogoeng recalled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why did the honourable minister make an effort to meet me? We are not friends. Why did he seek an audience with me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judge Pillay had confirmed that she was friends with Gordhan, as they were both activists during apartheid. She said the friendship has drifted over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The judge pushed back on accusations by EFF leader Julius Malema who accused her of being part of &#8220;Gordhan&#8217;s faction&#8221;. Malema provided no evidence to back his accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The EFF said it would open a criminal case against Gordhan on Wednesday. The party also plans to approach the public protector to probe Gordhan over claims he tried to influence Justice Mogoeng.<\/p>\n<p>[email protected]<\/p>\n<p><b>Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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