Andrew Phillips filed a detailed objection to Willie Hofmeyr’s nomination for public protector. Here’s why.
The SABC this week sacked eight journalists for disagreeing with a decision to censor coverage of protests.
The open canvassing for the job of Public Protector is the best thing to happen to democracy since democracy.
Some who are eyeing up the public protector’s mantle are already more equal than others.
Lucky Montana has launched a scathing attack on public protector Thuli Madonsela, labelling her findings as irrational and unsubstantiated.
Makhosi Khoza said while she was an ANC member, she was only presiding over the process and would not make the final decision.
The Constitution precludes Madonsela from serving a second term however, as the public protector may only serve for a period of seven years.
The ongoing furore over trade in the dogs is being compounded by claims that the agriculture department and the regulator are colluding.
The big issues matter much for the Public Protector, or there will be no money for people’s pension or other smaller cases.
Public protector Thuli Madonsela needs another R3-million to finance a probe into ‘state capture’, she said on Tuesday.
Current public protector Thuli Madonsela’s term ends in October, and the search for her replacement has begun.
The provincial government is set to cough up money it owes to a construction company following an M&G report on its defiance of the public protector.
Widespread protest action reflects a sense of alienation in a democracy, and people feel destruction is the only way they’ll be heard.
Slice of life: The story of a miner on level 16 when he heard the blast.
Ahead of the elections, the public protector has warned about using public money for party-political ends.
Irregular increases and bonuses, along with a designer handbag "gift", caused employees to lodge a complaint with the public protector.
Advocate Thuli Madonsela has absolved Davies from wrong-doing in a 2013 event in which the Democratic Alliance complained state funds were misused.
Opposition MPs argued that, in light of the Concourt ruling on Nkandla, Parliament should apologise to the public protector. ANC MPs disagreed.
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was vindicated by the Constitutional Court on Thursday regarding her 2014 Nkandla report.
The Mail & Guardian has tracked down the bizarre comments made by the president’s staunchest defenders to explain his Nkandla ‘fire pool’.
Once the case got to the Constitutional Court Zuma had to concede almost at once. This battle of Stalingrad was over.
Speaking at his Unisa graduation ceremony on Wednesday, EFF leader Julius Malema predicted the Constitutional Court would rule against the president.
Thuli Madonsela has found someone to blame for a nearly R70-million lease rip-off of the Post Office, but not for billions in other suspicious deals.
The public protector raised the bar – and her successor will be expected to stand up to power.
"Madonsela’s assertions that I wanted to reduce the footprint of her office are incorrect," states the writer.
Is there a link between Thuli Madonsela’s office’s money woes and its difficult findings?
Without respect for the rule of law, the public protector’s office cannot be a meaningful buffer between government and the people, says Madonsela.
The public protector must stay impartial and not be baited into sparring with Zuma and company.
Thuli Madonsela has warned that the people of South Africa will not allow her office, and by extension the Constitution, to be trampled on.
Snarky remarks, shouting matches and not so thinly veiled insults dominated President Jacob Zuma’s question and answer session in Parliament.
Based on Thuli Madonsela’s report, the DA has calculated that Zuma is liable for at least an amount of R52.9-million for the non-security upgrades.
Trevor Manuel says citizens must hold parliamentary and provincial members accountable for the R800m spent on them to represent their constituencies.