The Eastern Cape premier has been granted a temporary reprieve from the public protector’s remedial action, but the fight is far from over
High court dismisses the public protector’s bid to appeal a ruling striking down her findings against Pravin Gordhan on Ivan Pillay’s Sars retirement
The ANC chairperson has instructed its caucus ahead of the vote to establish a committee to investigate the public protector’s fitness to hold office
Magashule has received at least five letters from ANC caucus members unhappy with the chief whip’s backing of a vote against the public protector
Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘allowed her important office to be used to try and resuscitate a long-dead fake news propaganda fiction’, the court ruled
Busisiwe Mkhwebane discarded facts that were inconvenient to her when she investigated the CR17 campaign, Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued
So says public protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane’s lawyer, who said she had reason to suspect the money was being laundered through the campaign
amaBhungane’s arguments about the disclosure of campaign funding are also expected to be heard
The passenger rails agency is to act against officials implicated in former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s 2015 report on corruption and maladministration
The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan
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
However, the president says even if he has a conflict of interest, another Cabinet member could suspend the public protector
The public protector has labelled her possible impeachment as unconstitutional and unlawful
The Public Protector has still not received confirmation from former president Jacob Zuma that she may access his tax records — despite a tweet from Zuma’s twitter account in November. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (Sars), Edward Kieswetter, are in a court battle after Kieswetter refused to […]
Basani Baloyi has submitted an affidavit to the ConCourt asking for leave to appeal the high court ruling in her case against the public protector
Irregular expenditure is increasing, but the Auditor General is using more of its powers to get the money back
Rules on the removal of a chapter 9 leader came after adverse judicial findings against Mkhwebane
The public protector has asked the court to strike out claims that she and her chief executive had acted unconstitutionally
In an answering affidavit, the public protector accuses the president of obfuscating and being part of a “grand stratagem” to have her removed
Questions to the candidates vying to replace Kevin Malunga focused on race, rugby and their views on Mkhwebane
Allegations by the former COO points to political meddling in high profile cases
Mkhwebane signed off on a report stating that a former Ipid investigator’s complaint that his suspension for whistle-blowing was “substantiated”
The president says a decision by the Constitutional Court will put an end to a “vituperative” public debate
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane and EFF leader Julius Malema say guidance is needed from the highest court in the land
As deputy judge president says contentious court records should be handed directly to his chambers, Mkhwebane’s lawyers file in the registrar’s office
Pretoria high court finds that it is reasonable for the president to await the outcome of a court process before taking action against the minister
This follows a letter from the NDPP to Mkhwebane asking whether there was a ‘misunderstanding’ about the mandates about of their respective offices
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has come under intense scrutiny following a series of controversial findings
The Pretoria high court has ruled in favour of Pravin Gordhan’s interdict to suspend the remedial action against him by Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
The high court granted the public enterprises minister the urgent interdict he sought against the remedial action recommended by the public protector
As the courts batter the public protector, the ANC in Parliament is trying to work out how to appear to be taking action while staying unified
One of the intended beneficiaries of the Gupta-linked Estina dairy project told the commission they were excluded from Mkhwebane’s investigation