Parliament has decided to appeal directly to the Constitutional Court two findings of the Western Cape High Court's judgement on the constitutional validity of the new National Assembly rules governing the process to impeach Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
On Friday the Pretoria Magistrates Court postponed the matter, granted Busisiwe Mkhwebane more time to show why all of the charges should be withdrawn.
Busisisiwe Mkhwebane was in court to fight a parliamentary inquiry into her fitness to hold office.
Mkhwebane says she has faced daily harassment, and claims journalists have been tasked to quote "deal with her" over questionable judgements.
The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed Mkhwebane's application to appeal an earlier order that found her office liable for 85% of the DA and Casac's legal costs, ordering that she pays 7.5% out of her own pocket.
On Friday, the public protector announced that she received the redacted report from State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo which found that the unit was unlawful.
Advocate Thabani Masuku said that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane made very serious findings related to national security and intelligence.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said in the minority judgment, that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane got the law completely wrong by acting as if she was open to direct Parliament to amend the Constitution.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will argue that the erroneous findings and remedial action imposed by the Public Protector have had an enormous personal and political impact on him.
The SACP’s Alex Mashilo said that in light of the Constitutional Court’s findings against Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to have her as the Public Protector was toxic for the country’s constitutional democracy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane had violated the Public Protectors Provisions Act in her findings against him.
In a statement, the Presidency says Ramaphosa will address the nation at a media briefing in Pretoria later on Sunday.
The public protector has referred to sections of the Prevention and Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act which relate to gratification and the definition of corruption.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is taking on the Public Protector, calling on her to sort out her issues with the State Security Agency without using the courts to do so.
The African National Congress (ANC) has called for the Public Protector to be given space to do her work.
Maphatsoe has accused Mantashe and other senior ANC leaders who have taken an oath during their ministerial appointments of bias.
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.
The Sunday Times reported on Sunday that Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report into Gengezi Mgidlana only found three complaints out of seven against him – much to the anger of the union which had raised concerns about his conduct with the public protector.
