‘The public protector has strayed,’ says the president in his court papers asking her report on Bosasa’s donation to the CR17 campaign be set aside
“The Public Protector has strayed,” says the President in his court papers.
The public protector will appeal a damning judgement on Monday, accusing the judge of an ‘unbecoming’ use of language, as well as other failings
Some of the reasoning of Judge Sulet Potterill is relevant for one of the cases between President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Public Protector
The opposition party has sought to enter into litigation scheduled for the week ahead
After the Constitutional Court judgment against her, removing Mkhwebane from her position is the obvious next step. But it is a difficult process
The case — heard in the Pretoria high court on Tuesday — was Part A in Gordhan’s bid to set aside the Public Protector’s ‘rogue unit’ report
The judgment is a boost for Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan who is litigating against Mkhwebane in two separate cases
Mkhwebane now faces four separate and highly political court cases on three of her reports
After detailing donations to Ramaphosa’s CR17 campaign, Mkhwebane says her preliminary view is that there was a risk of “state capture” by donors