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Johannesburg – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has assured South Africans that his department will conducts its work ethically in its mandate given by the Constitutional Court to ascertain how much President Jacob Zuma needs to pay back.
“I can assure South Africans that the process will be transparent, thorough and professional and within the rules of public finance management.
"The court judgment was very clear. It says there is a piece of work you need to do, what’s the reasonable amount that needs to be paid... It says we need to report directly to the court... we will do our job to the best of our ability and make sure its transparent,” he told journalist.
Gordhan was speaking during the release of the SARS preliminary outcomes revenue collection. He said the treasury department was currently giving the ConCourt ruling some detailed attention.
The minister said a highly skilled team will be convened for the job. “We will constitute a team with the necessary technical expertise and experts including quantity surveyors and lawyers, to execute the mandate given to us by the ConCourt,” Gordhan said.
He added that he will be looking at outsourcing quantity surveyors to help in his job. “We don’t have quantity surveyors, we have kitchen staff. We will need to get them.”
Gordhan said he would also seek the help of the Public Protector for any further information if needs be.
“Were appropriate, I will contact the Public Protector [Thuli Madonsela] in terms of information that can be helpful to us and any other stakeholders to execute our mandate as efficiently as possible.”
