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Oakbay lawyer responds to Gordhan via video─── 17:27 Fri, 20 Jan 2017
Johannesburg - The lawyer of Oakbay Investments, Gert van Der Merwe, has given a detailed interview on today’s affidavit in response to the application by Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan.
According to Van der Merwe the application is an abuse of court and should be seen as an effort to involve the independent judiciary to settle political scores.
Van Der Merwe has described the Gordhan’s application as “superfluous” and “riddled with factual and legal errors”.
Gordhan has asked the court to rule on whether he is allowed to intervene in the Guptas' feud with local banks, who closed all Oakbay accounts, after he was allegedly asked to do so by the company.
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