The protector of the suspended public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, was targeted by a retired American colonel
President must resign and hand himself over to the police
The consultants were brought in to counter ‘beholden judges’ after the courts set aside Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s reports
The public protector has issued a litany of frivolous objections aimed at blocking her impeachment
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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 Western Cape high court heard extensive argument on Friday as to whether the suspended public protector could be returned to office
President says court attributed bias to him due to suspended public protector’s past conduct
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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
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The public protector does not have to be fit and proper but must be competent and honest
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Independently filming and live-streaming sittings comes with a cost but the court is closing a window that showed up its critics and was good for transparency
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MPs have heard that she spent R146.9-million defending her reports, with a third going to an obscure law firm
The reputation of the judiciary could suffer in the political repercussions of the process
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Several witnesses have testified that Mkhwebane covered her tracks in investigations and court
Ponatshego Mogaladi, former manager of investigations at the public protector, told parliament the Economic Freedom Fighters leader sent her the report in 2018
Basani Baloyi testified she was shocked
But her colleague told parliament he could not say whether the suspended public protector would rewrite findings produced by her office
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The head of the presidential protection unit went to Windhoek but was not told the reason for the meeting with Namibia’s leader
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The senior counsel suggested to MPs that everything a former employee of the public protector’s office said was a lie
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
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
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 high court postponed the public protector’s bid to stem her suspension after a text message that would suggest, if legitimate, that constitutional court judges were leaking decisions
The president cautions that the courts cannot interfere with his constitutional power to suspend the public protector
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The justice department ignored a 2018 public protector report about a policy vacuum for liquidators for three years, and 6 000 businesses have since folded
The application, widely seen as desperate, was dismissed with costs, burying her adverse findings against Ramaphosa over funding to his leadership campaign
Busisiwe Mkhwebane released a tranche of reports covering a range of allegations, including against the department of arts and culture
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The public protector has already asked the president about a recording on the diversion of state funds for ANC election campaigns
The concourt ruled that parliament could proceed with the impeachment process of Busisiwe Mkhwebane, but that she was also entitled to legal representation
The Eastern Cape premier has been granted a temporary reprieve from the public protector’s remedial action, but the fight is far from over
A song about Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane preventing looting was way off the mark in a province riddled with corruption and theft
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Oscar Mabuyane and MEC Babalo Madikizela allegedly used a portion of state funds for struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s commemoration for their own benefit
In papers filed on Tuesday, Mkhwebane said that she would abide by the court’s decision in the matter.