Advocate Nazreen Bawa said the calls for her to step aside were spurious and based on false allegations made by Barnabas Xulu, the some time attorney of Judge John Hlophe
The former president, like Lazarus, is back
This follows a submission to parliament’s speaker by the law professor and commentator that the process is more important than objections about his objectivity
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
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The acting public protector says the claims by the suspended public protector’ that the Phala Phala investigation has stalled and that she had been denied access to documents for her impeachment inquiry are false
There was a reasonable apprehension that the president was biased and his decision made in retaliation for her Phala Phala probe
MPs have heard that she spent R146.9-million defending her reports, with a third going to an obscure law firm
The president will be back in the National Assembly on 29 September to face questions about the theft of foreign currency from his game farm
The reputation of the judiciary could suffer in the political repercussions of the process
Several witnesses have testified that Mkhwebane covered her tracks in investigations and court
Opposition parties protested that the law does not allow the president to evade questions from elected representatives
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
The parties want to leave the speaker little discretion in composing the panel that will decide whether there is a case for impeaching the president
The committee system in parliament is broken and ANC committee members abuse their majority.
The resolution to heed state capture recommendations will survive ANC conference because the president can proclaim commitment to renewal while scandal corners him into compromise
The directive in the report that the mandate of the Reserve Bank be changed was dictated to the public protector by intelligence officials, a suspended employee testified
The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed
The president’s response to the chief justice’s findings suggest he will continue to bide his time before the ANC conference in December
The reprieve came on the day the 18-month deadline to amend the Act to allow independent candidates to stand for the national and provincial legislatures expired
The high court said her second rescission application did nothing to suspend the operation of a court order, and stressed the importance of accountability of the public protector
Defence does not rule out further action after bail dismissal
Advocate Andrew Breitenbach, appearing for parliament, said the message he received did not advantage his client and was no cause to suspend the impeachment inquiry against the public protector
Public protector’s counsel said nothing in the law prohibited her from filing another rescission application
Public protector accuses the constitutional court of ignoring alleged wrongdoing by its members
The public protector is attempting to use an alleged leak on the rescission decision to undermine the ruling – and the highest court in the land
The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining
Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants the process halted pending an investigation she has demanded the constitutional court conducts into an obscure text message — and is trying to dictate the terms of it
The embattled public protector has also again petitioned the constitutional court on the subject of the message, which she claims suggest the outcome of her rescission application was leaked
But observers said the damage was done, delaying impeachment proceedings and providing more ammunition for political attack on the apex court
Opposition party members pulled no punches as they placed doubt on whether millions in funds which the government will release will reach the intended victims of the flood