But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and the public protector
Justice Chris Jafta says Rica legislation is one of the ‘worst drafted’ laws he has ever seen
Judge Wendy Hughes says this is the final extension because finality is “owed to the nation”
While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time — defending an apartheid-era law
However, the president says even if he has a conflict of interest, another Cabinet member could suspend the public protector
Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and his deputy
But Casac says this should be the final extension granted
The Western Cape Judge President has made a counter-complaint against his deputy and responded to her allegation
In the Ramaphosa vs Mkhwebane case, the court has been asked to rein in the public protector
The case between the president and Busisiwe Mkhwebane has also drawn in the national director of public prosecutions and the Financial Intelligence Centre