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
In a fractious exchange after he was denied a postponement, Mpofu told the chairman he should “chill” and his “day will come”
The official opposition says the high court was wrong to conclude that the suspension was rushed and tainted by bias
There was a reasonable apprehension that the president was biased and his decision made in retaliation for her Phala Phala probe
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 Oscar Pistorius trial shows how tweaking the right to silence would not jeopardies justice but would enhance it
The presidential posture has deteriorated, somewhat, since the heady days of Thuma Mina
The reputation of the judiciary could suffer in the political repercussions of the process
The Cope president should have bailed long ago and saved himself an embarrassing end
Opposition parties protested that the law does not allow the president to evade questions from elected representatives
Parties are bringing the motion in response to the Phala Phala scandal, two months after tabling another for his impeachment on the same grounds
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 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 head of the presidential protection unit went to Windhoek but was not told the reason for the meeting with Namibia’s leader
The request had not progressed to a stage where the minister or the national director of public prosecutions would normally become involved, so they were caught unawares when asked about it
The institution of the public protector said it would now invoke its powers of subpoena to get responses from the president on the burglary at his private game farm
The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
The former health minister and a senior ANC member want the president to account for the robbery at Phala Phala Wildlife farm in Limpopo
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 residents of Vingerkraal village say the president often drops by for a chat without his bodyguards
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