A campaign by opposition parties to call public protector Thuli Madonsela to appear before the Nkandla ad hoc committee has failed yet again.
The Special Investigating Unit’s bid to recover misspent cash at Nkandla might yet snare the president.
Both parliamentarians and selected media have now been inside Nkandla, but no group has emerged with answers to the most important questions.
The public protector has spoken on the matter of Nkandla. All the rest is an attempt to weasel out of following her recommendations.
The five parties want the public protector’s report on upgrades to the president’s home to be included in the ad hoc committee’s programme.
A low-key case of repayment in the Eastern Cape shows how Nkandla should have been handled, writes Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
The public protector wants the same respect from Parliament that is afforded Cabinet ministers.
The ANC defied any reasoning from Public Protector Thuli Madonsela that her office needed more funding, but the opposition united in her defence.
Thuli Madonsela has found no impropriety with regard to Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s trips, and would not initiate action, she said.
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.
Public protector Thuli Madonsela says claims she is a spy are slanderous "shenanigans" aimed at removing her from office.
Analysts feel that President Jacob Zuma may once again duck the main issues, but know what they think he should say.
Thuli Madonsela, Julius Malema, Lindiwe Mazibuko, and Joseph Mathunjwa have refuted claims that they are spies.
The security agency is investigating a claim that Julius Malema, Thuli Madonsela, Joseph Mathunjwa and Lindiwe Mazibuko were spying against the state.
While some such as the RAF and Tisa have welcomed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s new budget plans, others are not so happy.
President Jacob Zuma told SABC news that he has heard "sloganeering" that suggests he is avoiding Parliament, which is false and misleads the country.
The ruling, which found that the DA was within its rights to say Zuma had stolen taxpayer money, was one that would "liberate fair comment".
Mmusi Maimane says Zuma’s declaration on national television that the Nkandla upgrades are no fault of his, is a neglect of his duties to the country.
President Jacob Zuma says none of the Nkandla reports, including the public protector’s, found him at fault for upgrades at the compound.
Trevor Manuel says citizens must hold parliamentary and provincial members accountable for the R800m spent on them to represent their constituencies.
The committee, which is made up of ANC members only, is expected to table its report on President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla upgrades on Friday.
State bodies cannot reject recommendations by the public protector on "irrational" grounds, writes Judith February.
CCMA and Competition Commission decisions are binding, so organs of state must have cogent reasons for rejecting Thuli Madonsela’s recommendations.
The ruling demanding Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s suspension will be appealed, and if needs be, appealed again until it reaches the Constitutional Court.
The office of the public protector said it will review the court’s judgment that decisions taken by her office are not binding.
Judge Ashton Schippers said the SABC chairperson would be called to explain if no hearing is instituted against Hlaudi Motsoeneng.
The public protector won the Transparency International Integrity award for 2014 and Madonsela thanked her team for their efforts against corruption.
The public protector’s office says the action of a group of lawyers calling for her removal "amounts to interference with her independence".
The Public Members Unit Team has offered to pay back money that was unduly spent from the state’s coffers in upgrading President Zuma’s Nkandla home.
A group called ‘concerned lawyers and educationalists for equality before the law’ has written to Parliament, asking for Thuli Madonsela’s removal.
Two SABC executives have received almost R13-million in golden handshakes, and it is likely Thuli Madonsela will be asked to investigate.
Opposition parties say they will not be part of a process that shields President Jacob Zuma from liability for abuse of state funds.