What a tweet: Why on Earth did Mkhwebane take her Gordhan spat online?

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane turned to Twitter to announce that public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan was implicated in her Sars investigation because he himself had been “running to the media”.

Impeached former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane appears in the Pretoria high court. File photo
Impeached former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane appears in the Pretoria high court. File photo (Esa Alexander)

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane turned to Twitter to announce that public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan was implicated in her Sars investigation because he himself had been “running to the media”.

This is according to her spokesperson, Oupa Segalwe, when asked why Gordhan had been singled out on social media.

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