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
The process of appointing the public protector is flawed, and led by politicians who don’t seem to have paid attention to the law. This has to change
As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
This brings to five the number of senior officials currently suspended — suspensions that have put her on a collision course with the Public Servants Association
But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and 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 […]
This follows a letter from the NDPP to Mkhwebane asking whether there was a ‘misunderstanding’ about the mandates about of their respective offices
“The Public Protector has strayed,” says the President in his court papers.
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
After the Constitutional Court judgment against her, removing Mkhwebane from her position is the obvious next step. But it is a difficult process
Different factions with vested interests are aligning to protect the destructive protector
The judgment is a boost for Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan who is litigating against Mkhwebane in two separate cases
The party have understood the public protector’s reason for the late release of the president’s Bosasa loan report
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane explains issuance of section 7 (9) notice to public enterprises minister in YouTube video