Latest articles on Busisiwe Mkhwebane

Public protector clears Magashule, Joemat-Pettersson

Politics Lester Kiewit - 30 Sep 2020

Current ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has been cleared of allegations that he misled the...

ANC won’t rake up its bad apples

Politics Thanduxolo Jika - 21 Aug 2020

The ruling party faces severe criticism over its reluctance to deal with leaders who are facing investigations, and its NEC is accused of selective morality

ConCourt settles the law on the public protector and interim interdicts

National Franny Rabkin - 30 May 2020

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

Article Franny Rabkin - 24 Mar 2020

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

Article Dianne Hawker - 17 Mar 2020

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

Article Franny Rabkin - 13 Mar 2020

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

Article Franny Rabkin - 12 Mar 2020

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’

Article Franny Rabkin - 10 Mar 2020

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

Article Franny Rabkin - 6 Mar 2020

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

Article Franny Rabkin - 18 Feb 2020

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

Article Susan Booysen - 13 Feb 2020

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

Court tests protector’s powers

Article Franny Rabkin - 7 Feb 2020

In the Ramaphosa vs Mkhwebane case, the court has been asked to rein in the public protector

Mkhwebane moves to halt ‘grossly unfair’ impeachment process

Article Franny Rabkin - 28 Jan 2020

The public protector has labelled her possible impeachment as unconstitutional and unlawful

Where will neoliberalism end?

Article William Shoki - 22 Jan 2020

LONG READ As the world was overtaken by upheaval last year, one photo emerging from the uprisings depicts...

Despite tweet, Zuma keeps silent about providing his taxpayer information

Article Franny Rabkin - 16 Jan 2020

The Public Protector has still not received confirmation from former president Jacob Zuma that she may access his tax records —...

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