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After major court defeats, will Mkhwebane be axed as Public Protector in 2021?
This year marks the real turning point in her controversial tenure as one of the country’s top corruption busters.
The commission of inquiry into state capture closed for the year on 10 December 2020. Here are some of the biggest moments from the inquiry this year. #StateCapture #ZondoCommission #2020
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has had numerous bruising court defeats that overturned several of her reports and recommendations, which has led to Parliament starting a process to investigate whether she is fit to hold office.
The high court in Pretoria overturned Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report into the approval of an early retirement of former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay.
He was speaking at the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) announcement on the settlement with Swiss company ABB.
On Monday, the Pretoria High Court set aside Mkhwebane's report into the unit.
This was yet another blow for Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane in legal battles focusing on the so-called South African Revenue Service (Sars) ‘rogue’ unit report.
The court has also issued a punitive costs order against Busisiwe Mkwebane and described her conduct in the matter as "egregious".
During his testimony at the state capture commission on Monday, Gordhan acknowledged a unit was set up to investigate the illegal smuggling of cigarettes and illicit trade but maintained it was all above board.
Gordhan has concluded part of his cross-examination by former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane’s lawyer Dali Mpofu at the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday.
Moyane’s lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu, presented a transcript of a conversation at the state capture commission that he said proved that the minister was arrogant and racist.
Former Sars commissioner Tom Moyane is at the Zondo commission of inquiry on 30 November to cross-examine Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan via video link.
The minister previously told the commission that Moyane laid a criminal complaint against him to advance his own interest of state capture.
The minister previously told the commission that Moyane laid a criminal complaint against him to advance his own interest of state capture.
During his appearance at the inquiry, Gordhan testified that Moyane laid a criminal complaint against him to advance his own interest of state capture.
The department said Nthabiseng Borotho has provided valuable insight to a department that was at the centre of political interference.
House chair Grace Boroto was presiding over the sitting last year during which EFF members stormed the podium where Gordhan was delivering his department's budget vote.
Parliament’s powers and privileges committee has on Wednesday continued hearings into members who disrupted Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s 2019 budget vote speech.
Twenty MPs face sanction after storming the podium in July last year to try to block Gordhan from delivering his budget vote address at a mini-plenary venue.