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latest news & developmentsLimpopo is ‘best performing province in ANC list process’
Electoral committee secretary Chief Matsila says the process is airtight and the provincial secretary could not have tampered with it
Time for Ramaphosa to reveal who paid for his rise into the presidency
Concourt ruling vindicates the EFF’s long-standing call for disclosure of funds and donations received during the ANC’s internal party battles and contests.
‘Factional’ ANC Veterans League chastised by Motlanthe
ANC Limpopo leaders called on the election committee to change the candidate lists in favour of Ramaphosa faction days before Motlanthe’s report on factions in the party
Ramaphosa to testify at Zondo commission in late April
The president will give evidence both in his capacity as the head of state and as the leader of the governing party
High court reserves judgment on bid to reveal Ramaphosa’s donors
The EFF pleaded public interest, but the Financial Intelligence Centre says releasing the records it provided would breach the law
Ramaphosa can’t separate funding for ANC bid from becoming president, high court hears
Counsel for the Economic Freedom Fighters are seeking to force the disclosure of records showing who bankrolled the CR17 campaign
Public protector’s ‘mistakes’ were made to nail the president, court hears
Busisiwe Mkhwebane discarded facts that were inconvenient to her when she investigated the CR17 campaign, Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued
CR17 report is not perfect, but the investigation was rational, court hears
So says public protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane’s lawyer, who said she had reason to suspect the money was being laundered through the campaign
#CR17 fight heads to the Constitutional Court
amaBhungane’s arguments about the disclosure of campaign funding are also expected to be heard
‘Let ANC deal with its leaders facing corruption charges,’ Ramaphosa tells parliament
The president was answering questions before parliament, where he also told the EFF to allow the courts to decide on the matter of the CR17 bank statements
Reining in the public protector
As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
Mkhwebane’s CR17 report is ‘confused, inexplicable, irrational’
The Public Protector was derided by the Pretoria High Court for refusing to consider facts logically and for a material error of law
Be bold, Cyril, even if it’s politically risky
He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside
Court tests protector’s powers
In the Ramaphosa vs Mkhwebane case, the court has been asked to rein in the public protector
Ramaphosa calls the public protector’s affidavit “disingenuous” and “evasive”
The president continues to question Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s motives