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ConCourt settles the law on the public protector and interim interdicts
The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan
Public protector may not subpoena Zuma’s tax records, says high court
High court says people can refuse to hand information over to the protector if there is “just cause” and also makes a personal costs order against Mkhwebane
Politicians should take responsibility for Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s appointment
The process of appointing the public protector is flawed, and led by politicians who don’t seem to have paid attention to the law. This has to change
Reining in the public protector
As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
Mkhwebane suspends another senior official
This brings to five the number of senior officials currently suspended — suspensions that have put her on a collision course with the Public Servants Association
Mkhwebane’s CR17 report is ‘confused, inexplicable, irrational’
The Public Protector was derided by the Pretoria High Court for refusing to consider facts logically and for a material error of law
Zuma breaks silence on his tax records
But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and the public protector
Ramaphosa ‘neutral’ in Mkhwebane, Parliament impeachment row
However, the president says even if he has a conflict of interest, another Cabinet member could suspend the public protector
Cynical South Africans are unlikely to be moved by Ramaphosa’s Sona
The challenge to deliver a persuasive speech comes firstly in the context of intense doubts as to whether President Ramaphosa is truly in charge of the ANC
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