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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’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

Be bold, Cyril, even if it’s politically risky

Analysis Richard Calland - 20 Feb 2020

He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside

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

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Ramaphosa calls the public protector’s affidavit “disingenuous” and “evasive”

Article Franny Rabkin - 27 Nov 2019

The president continues to question Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s motives

Mkhwebane hits back at Baloyi

Article Franny Rabkin - 22 Nov 2019

The public protector has asked the court to strike out claims that she and her chief executive had acted unconstitutionally

Mkhwebane hits back at Ramaphosa

Article Franny Rabkin - 15 Nov 2019

In an answering affidavit, the public protector accuses the president of obfuscating and being part of a “grand stratagem” to have her removed

Public Protector ‘played chess with the country’

Article Franny Rabkin - 8 Nov 2019

A labour dispute between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and her former chief operating officer has laid bare allegations of political interference

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FIC: No conclusive indication that CR17 laundered money

Article Franny Rabkin - 28 Sep 2019

In court papers, the Financial Intelligence Centre insists that it acted lawfully in providing the information it did to the Public Protector

Zandile Gumede about-turn further undermines ANC

Article Niren Tolsi - 2 Sep 2019

Regional party conferences in KwaZulu-Natal will have repercussions for the ANC and its stability under Cyril Ramaphosa

How to win votes and influence people

Article Jacques Coetzee 1 - 23 Aug 2019

A Netflix documentary The Great Hack detailed the connections between Cambridge Analytica, the US election of Donald Trump and Brexit

CR17 money also went to the ANC

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Sarah Smit - 23 Aug 2019

The governing party got a piece of the pie in the controversial payments, according to the campaign’s leaked bank statements

Mischief managed: Cyril’s take on CR17 fund flows

Article Sarah Smit - 23 Aug 2019

The president detailed the many moving parts of his campaign to win the ANC presidency.

Ramaphosa breaks silence on campaign payments

Article Lester Kiewit - 22 Aug 2019

Responding to questions in parliament, the president said there was “no wrongdoing, no criminality, and no abuse of public funds” in his campaign

Busi, Absa and costly spelling slips

Article Thanduxolo Jika - 16 Aug 2019

Errors in email addresses contributed to the row between the protector, the bank and the president

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