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Panel probing Public Protector Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office completes work
The report will be available next week Monday.
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Mkhwebane wants perjury charges against her withdrawn as case postponed
Her lawyer, Advocate Dali Mpofu said that if the charges were not withdrawn, she’d make an application to the High Court.
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Public Protector Mkhwebane to appear in court on perjury charges today
The under-fire advocate faces three counts of perjury when she appears the Pretoria Magistrates High Court this morning.
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Ex-Joburg mayor Mashaba made improper exec appointments, Mkhwebane finds
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.
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Magashule, Zwane failed to execute oversight on Vrede dairy farm project - PP
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Monday released a number of investigation reports at a press briefing.
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Public Protector finds R3bn Giyani water project improperly awarded
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
