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SACP's Mapaila: Public Protector's office being used by rogue intelligence unit
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has come under increased pressure with some of her reports being overturned by the courts.
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Call for probe after contracts renewed for companies implicated in tender fraud
This comes after executive council members were told on Tuesday that companies implicated in tender fraud, together with embattled Mayor Zandile Gumede, had their contracts renewed, despite criminal charges laid against their directors.
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Ramaphosa under investigation for R500k donation only – Public Protector
Busisiwe Mkhwebane said her investigation was focused on a donation amounting to just R500,000, and not R400 million.
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Mkhwebane announces info to share with Zondo inquiry on Guptas
In a YouTube video, Busisiwe Mkhwebane explained that her office was prepared to cooperate with the commission, on condition that its chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo was well versed about the correspondence between the entities.
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Mkhwebane clarifies decision on Gupta-Waterkloof probe after Madonsela interview
In the latest development, Mkhwebane has defended her decision not to release a report from Madonsela's investigation into the Gupta jet landing at Waterkloof Airbase.
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Mkhwebane lays formal complaint against those who’ve insulted her
Speaking at a South African Sheriffs Society event on Friday night, Mkhwebane detailed how she was victimised by the media, government officials and even a minister for carrying out certain investigations.
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Mkhwebane: I’ve been poisoned, threatened with arrests since probing Sars
Mkhwebane also said there were attempts by several among others ministers and a government department DG to interfere with her investigations.
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Mkhwebane says there’s nothing extraordinary about notice served on Gordhan
On Monday, Busisiwe Mkhwebane served Pravin Gordhan with the notice of the Public Protector Act in relation to her investigation into his meetings with the Guptas and his involvement in the so-called rogue unit.
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Gordhan will comply with his duties, lawyer says over Mkhwebane notice
Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants answers from Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan as she investigates his meetings with the Gupta family and his involvement in the so-called Sars rogue unit.
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Call for ANC integrity commission to probe Gordhan following Mkhwebane report
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report found that Pravin Gordhan violated the Constitution when he authorised an early retirement payment for a senior employee 10 years ago.
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Gordhan: Timing of Public Protector's report 'politically motivated'
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane had found that Pravin Gordhan violated the Constitution by approving former Sars deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement.
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EFF defends Public Protector from ‘racist’ attacks
The EFF said the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation only spoke out in defence of Indian people after the organisation criticised the Public Protector’s decision against Minister Pravin Gordhan.
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Gordhan to take Mkhwebane's ruling in Sars pension matter on review
In a statement on Friday Gordhan’s lawyers said they had advised their client that “the Public Protector’s findings, are totally wrong both in fact and in law”.
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Call for Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office to be assessed after ruling
The University of Pretoria (UP)’s professor Tinyiko Maluleke said two judgements in two years amounts to egg on her face while University of South Africa (Unisa) professor Lesiba Teffo said she should fall on her sword.
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Public Protector demands apology from DA over spy accusation
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants the Democratic Alliance (DA) to apologise for calling her a spy after the party failed to prove its claim in the Western Cape High Court.
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Mkhwebane consulting legal team on appealing Estina dairy farm ruling
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkwebane said that she fundamentally disagreed with a court judgment that set aside her report into the Estina dairy farm project in Vrede, declaring it unconstitutional and invalid.
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Public Protector's report into Estina dairy farm set aside
The application was brought by the DA and the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) who stated that Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report was a whitewash as implicated politicians were never interviewed.
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Gordhan’s lawyers want clarity on Mkhwebane's Sars rogue unit probe
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is investigating allegations of improper and irregular conduct as well as violation of the Executive Ethics Code and follows a complaint from the EFF’s Floyd Shivambu.
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Mkhwebane clarifies scope of Gordhan investigation
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane maintains she will not conduct her investigation into Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan in the glare of the public to avoid jeopardising it.
