The suspended public protector suggested she would take the impeachment committee to court if it continued, despite her not having state funding
The president has 12 months to redraft the executive ethics code to compel the disclosure of all donations to campaigns for positions within political parties
President says court attributed bias to him due to suspended public protector’s past conduct
Basani Baloyi testified she was shocked
The president’s evidence is not necessary to determine whether she is guilty of misconduct, the section 194 committee concludes
In arguing that the retired judge fell foul of the judicial code of conduct when he criticised her misreading of the executive ethics code, Mkhwebane risks misreading the rules again
The president cautions that the courts cannot interfere with his constitutional power to suspend the public protector
The application, widely seen as desperate, was dismissed with costs, burying her adverse findings against Ramaphosa over funding to his leadership campaign
The president, in a letter to a watchdog parliamentary committee, confirmed the authenticity of a leaked recording in which the problem is discussed, but said he was talking only to allegations made publicly by others
Judge Cassim Sardiwalla says there are no compelling private or public reasons for disclosure
The apex court agreed with one of the most scathing rulings yet against the public protector and found the president did nothing wrong
The president has accused the secretary general of being spiteful in the battle of the suspension letters, which will now be heard by the high court next month
The suspended secretary general argues that the rules the party relied on to sideline him are invalid but those informing his attempt to suspend the president are lawful
Its court application to force disclosure of donations to Cyril Ramaphosa may mask a bid to portray him as a capitalist puppet
The party wants the court to rule on the secret ballot issue first, with the case set to be heard in early February