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  • Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Mkhwebane confident of being cleared of wrongdoing in perjury matter

    Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is accused of lying under oath and delivering misdirected reports against the South African Reserve Bank and Absa.

    125 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on 4 December 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

    Mkhwebane to cooperate with NPA over perjury charges, says spokesperson

    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.

    125 days ago
  • Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Public Protector’s office celebrates Chapter 9 institution’s first clean audit

    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.

    126 days ago
  • Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Mkhwebane: Door remains open to appeal High Court ruling on taxpayers' info

    The appeal related to a case in which the Public Protector tried to get access to former President Jacob Zuma’s tax records.

    128 days ago
  • Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    ConCourt: Personal costs order against Public Protector Mkhwebane worrisome

    The Constitutional Court on Tuesday morning dismissed her appeal to access personal tax information of former President Jacob Zuma.

    129 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

    Presidency dismisses report alleging ‘plot’ against PP as ‘complete fabrication’

    '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.

    129 days ago
  • FILE: A young school girl waves a little South African flag on 16 June (Youth Day). Picture: EWN

    JUDITH FEBRUARY: Despite SA’s problems, we must still hold on to our dreams

    In the midst of all the stories of democratic degradation, we can still find beacons of excellence in a sea of mediocrity, writes Judith February.

    140 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter.

    Ramaphosa's lawyers tell ConCourt that PP ignored the facts in her CR17 report

    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.

    147 days ago
  • Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Mkhwebane has jurisdiction to probe Ramaphosa’s campaign funding, ConCourt told

    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.

    148 days ago
  • Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    PP seeks ConCourt review of High Court ruling on CR17 funding probe, report

    The Constitutional Court is expected to hear arguments which include whether the Public Protector had the scope to investigate the CR17 campaign funding.

    148 days ago
  • Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on 22 July 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    DA welcomes independent panel looking into Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office

    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.

    148 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: EWN

    Mkhwebane questions appointment of judge to handle Parly probe into her PP role

    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.

    149 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.  Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Is there a battle raging between the Public Protector and NPA head?

    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.

    196 days ago
  • FILE: Former Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson. Picture: GCIS

    Despite being cleared by PP, Joemat-Pettersson wants fair hearing on oil matter

    Public Protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane's findings indicated that former Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson was misled by the former boss of the Strategic Fuel Fund Association, Sibusiso Gamede on the sale of SA's oil reserves.

    204 days ago
  • Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Mkhwebane says 'complex' Vrede dairy project investigation hit with delays

    Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane had planned to release the report on Wednesday but had to postpone to allow those implicated more time to respond.

    204 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Public must be kept informed on Zuma tax claims, Mpofu tells ConCourt

    Representing the Office of the Public Protector, advocate Dali Mpofu made submissions to the Constitutional Court on Thursday in a matter probing whether Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's powers to subpoena extended to taxpayer information.

    231 days ago
  • FILE: The Constitutional Court. Picture: EWN

    There are exceptions in law allowing PP to access taxpayer info, ConCourt told

    The Interpretation of the Tax Administration Act of 2011 is being looked into by the court.

    232 days ago
  • Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    Mkhwebane to issue subpoenas to fast track probes into COVID-19 corruption

    The Public Protector is investigating a number of complaints about alleged tender irregularities related to the COVID-19 lockdown.

    239 days ago
  • FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    WC High Court reserves judgment in Mkhwebane vs Parly matter

    Busisisiwe Mkhwebane was in court to fight a parliamentary inquiry into her fitness to hold office.

    241 days ago
  • Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter

    DA: Mkhwebane's bid to stop inquiry into competence frivolous, case flawed

    The official opposition and National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise on Thursday spelled out their arguments in the Western Cape High Court on why Mkhwebane should face a parliamentary inquiry into her fitness to hold office.

    252 days ago
  • FILE: The Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise on 11 June 2019. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    All Chapter 9 institutions accountable to National Assembly, Modise tells court

    Advocate Andrew Breitenbach, representing Speaker Thandi Modise, said that being accountable to Parliament was not only limited to reporting to it once a year.

    253 days ago
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