Public protector
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.
Mkhwebane had tried to challenge an October ruling which dismissed her application for an interim order to stop National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise from pressing ahead with a motion for her removal.
This was during their submissions on Thursday at the Constitutional Court as the matter over the CR17 campaign fundraising continues.
The panel will be headed by retired Constitutional Court Judge, Justice Bess Nkabinde.
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.
"I think that today's proceedings will simply embolden the Speaker to start that process very, very soon, as soon as next week if the names are in front of her."
That's the argument from Advocate Dali Mpofu who's representing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhebane in her application to access confidential taxpayer information.
She warns the failure to respond to questions and requests for information - could lead to serious consequences.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and her deputy Kholeka Gcaleka have been touring hospitals to check whether they're capacitated to deal with COVID-19.
The visits are to inspect whether the hospitals are coping with covid19 and whether they are capacitated to adequately treat patients.
This as the Office of the Public Protector continues with its fact-finding mission about the state of the country’s health facilities.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane seems to spend much of her time defending herself and her office in one way or another, writes Judith February.
The Western Cape High Court is hearing the matter today after a five-month delay as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Some of these complaints include personal protective equipment contracts as well as flouted procurement processes for quarantine sites.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office said it had been inundated with complaints about conduct and service delivery.
The preliminary report shows Mashaba was found guilty of contravening supply chain management policies had a conflict of interest and made irregular appointments.
The Public Works Minister is being investigated by the Public Protector's Office after it received a complaint from the African Transformation Movement, claiming proper procurement processes were not followed.
The Public Protector's office received a complaint from the African Transformation Movement claiming that proper procurement processes were not followed.
The process had to be halted after Parliament postponed all its business as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 pandemic.