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/ 5 February 2010
New Public Protector Thulisile Madonsela will receive her first major complaint since taking office last October.
Lawrence Mushwana has acknowledged he made mistakes as the Public Protector, but says he is looking forward to new challenges at the SAHRC.
The High Court in Pretoria on Thursday set aside the Public Protector’s 2005 report on the so-called ”Oilgate” scandal.
FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder on Friday asked Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana to investigate expenses incurred in Jacob Zuma’s prosecution.
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/ 18 February 2009
Valli Moosa, former chairperson of the Eskom board, failed to manage a conflict of interest in the awarding of a contract, the public protector said.
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/ 16 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance asked the Public Protector on Monday to investigate the alleged abuse of state funds in some SABC broadcasts.
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/ 18 February 2008
The Democratic Alliance (DA) was making a mockery of Parliament, the African National Congress charged on Sunday. This, after public protector Lawrence Mushwana recommended Parliamentary action against DA MP Mike Waters. Waters complained last year that President Thabo Mbeki had abused his office by demanding that Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang get priority on a organ-transplant list.
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/ 16 January 2008
The Public Protector is considering investigating Eskom’s power failures, which have recently left many parts of South Africa without electricity for hours at a time due to load-shedding. Lawrence Mushwana asks several difficult questions in a letter sent to Eskom chief executive Jacob Maroga on Wednesday.