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Mkhwebane wants perjury charges against her withdrawn as case postponed
Her lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu said that if the charges were not withdrawn, she’d make an application to the High Court.
The under-fire advocate faces three counts of perjury when she appears the Pretoria Magistrates High Court this morning.
The Public Protector found that he made irregular appointments in the city, including that of the executive head of housing and Tembe's appointment as JMPD chief.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Monday released a number of investigation reports at a press briefing.
The costly project, which was meant to supply 55 villages with water, is now in limbo after the cash-strapped Water and Sanitation Department failed to pay the construction company contracted to do the job.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is accused of lying under oath and delivering misdirected reports against the South African Reserve Bank and Absa.
The perjury charges follow a High Court ruling on Mkhwebane's Bankorp report which found that she had been dishonest in her conduct surrounding the probe.
It is the first bit of good news Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has had in a while after numerous bruising court defeats and parliament’s decision to formally investigate whether she is fit to hold office.
The appeal related to a case in which the Public Protector tried to get access to former President Jacob Zuma’s tax records.
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday morning dismissed her appeal to access personal tax information of former President Jacob Zuma.
'The Star' reported on Monday that the president was behind moves to get Busisiwe Mkhwebane arrested before she releases her report in which he is being investigated for approving the ANC’s controversial trip to Zimbabwe on an Air Force jet in September.
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The details were shared at the Constitutional Court on Thursday where Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane applied for urgent leave to appeal a Pretoria High Court decision which set aside her report on the unlawfulness of Ramaphosa's CR17 campaign fundraising.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the EFF have approached the apex court seeking a direct leave to appeal after the earlier judgment found that the Chapter 9 institution had no jurisdiction to probe President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2017 funding in the race for the ANC’s leadership.
The Constitutional Court is expected to hear arguments which include whether the Public Protector had the scope to investigate the CR17 campaign funding.
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise announced late on Wednesday that retired Constitutional Court judge, Justice Bess Nkabinde, will chair the panel, which will include two senior counsel – advocates Dumisa Ntsebeza and Johan de Waal.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fight to stop a parliamentary inquiry into her fitness to hold office resumed in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane is investigating maladministration linked to the Kwa-Zulu Natal North Sea Jazz Festival, but says the NPA is not sharing information that would help her complete her probe.