Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2-2016
Abstract
South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority charged the country’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan and two of his former colleagues at the tax authority, Ivan Pillay and Oupa Magashule, with fraud last month. The charge was widely criticised as baseless and politically motivated, amid allegations of state capture. It sent the currency into a nosedive and wiped billions off the stock market. This week, the NPA withdrew the charges on the eve of the trio’s court appearance. Politics and society editor, Thabo Leshilo, asked law professor Penelope Andrews for her view.
Recommended Citation
Andrews, Penelope, "South Africans Learn That the Law Can be a Double-edged Sword" (2016). Other Publications. 1005.
https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_other_pubs/1005
Comments
This article was originally published in https://theconversation.com/south-africans-learn-that-the-law-can-be-a-double-edged-sword-68078
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