As the ad hoc committee tasked with finding advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s replacement resolved to nominate advocate Kholeka Gcaleka as its candidate for the job, the DA and the EFF has described the nomination as nonsensical.
·3 months ago
After a battle of about four years to secure the removal of South Africa’s public protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the country’s parliament finally delivered the coup de grace in early September. Parliamentarians voted to impeach ...
·3 months ago
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has confirmed in a letter to Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane that President Cyril Ramaphosa is implicated in her investigation into the R500,000 donation he received from Bosasa chief Gavin Wa...
·over 4 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has dared his opponents within the ANC to try removing him at the National General Council (NGC) next year, according to a report on Sunday. As the National Executive Committee meeting kicked off this weekend, R...
·over 4 years ago
In the book of Esther, the Bible tells a story from the 5th century BCE, when the Jews were in exile in Persia. The Persian king, Ahasuerus, had installed a Jewish woman, Esther, as his queen at the time that one of the king’s ministers ...
·over 4 years ago
The office of the Public Protector has assured the public that the matter remains ongoing and that other investigative tools and methods are being employed to establish the veracity of the allegations that gave rise to the investigatio...
·over 1 year ago
The Section 194 inquiry into suspended Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane is set to resume once again tomorrow. This after Mkhwebane expressed that she could not continue to take part in proceedings because her legal team had not been ...
·10 months ago
Seemingly effective constitutional institutions can be quickly undermined by the actions of the people who serve in them. If we didn’t know that already, the South Afrixan Constitutional Court’s recent decision in the Reserve Bank case m...
·over 4 years ago
Pillay told the committee that the PP had claimed that he did not have a matric certificate when he was employed at SARS. He told the committee that he disputed that claim.
·over 1 year ago
The Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into the Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office yesterday continued with cross-examination of Sphelo Samuel the representative of the Free State Office of the Public ...
·over 1 year ago
The committee heard that attempts were allegedly made by Adv Mkhwebane, as the new Public protector to ensure that no adverse findings against politicians were contained in the report
·over 1 year ago
He told the committee that Adv Mkhwebane was a hard worker and that he learnt a lot from her
·over 1 year ago
The committee heard that there was a tension in the quality assurance unit because the lawyers had to report to the PP’s Chief of Staff who was not a lawyer
·over 1 year ago
The committee is also likely to hear opening remarks by the PP’s legal representatives and opening remarks by its evidence leaders
·about 1 year ago
He reported that former SARB governors Tito Mboweni, Gill Marcus and Chris Stals were interviewed, as well as former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and former President Thabo Mbeki
·over 1 year ago
Adv Raedani told the committee that Adv Mkhwebane responded by saying “anginandaba” which means in English “I don't care at all”
·over 1 year ago
The State Attorney, acting on behalf of the President, replied to the PP’s request indicating that the President will not accede to the request for various reasons, including that the threshold of relevance has not been me
·over 1 year ago
Lufuno Ndou testified that he received a phone call from the PP in September or October 2017 in which she raised concerns with the Vrede Dairy investigation
·over 1 year ago
The Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office yesterday heard evidence from Mr Neels Van der Merwe, Senior Manager for Legal Services in the Office of the PP
·about 1 year ago
Adv Mpofu claimed that Adv Mkhwebane's legal team was “indisposed” when they did not attend the hearings on 1 and 2 November and said that the committee acted unconstitutionally when it continued with witness evidence
·about 1 year ago
The committee heard that Adv Caroline Zulu-Sokoni needs to inform the Zambian government that she intends travelling outside the country to address South Africa’s Parliament
·12 months ago
During questions by Members of the committee regarding SSA’s involvement at the Office of the PP, it was revealed that the Acting CFO was from SSA and because of that, they would not have to pay him
·about 1 year ago
During the to-and-from of objections, interjections and points of order were raised, Adv Mpofu made comments that were perceived by some Members of the committee as a threat to Committee Chairperson Dyantyi
·about 1 year ago
Adv Mpofu said this is an application for the committee to remove and/or replace the evidence leaders whose conduct has disqualified them from discharging the duties imposed on the committee in terms of Rule 129 of the National Assembl...
·about 1 year ago
Parliament is meeting today to consider a motion of whether Public Protector Busisiwe is fit is fit hold office. An Independent Review Panel has also found that there's a prima facie case for her removal by Parliament. The panel was a...
·over 2 years ago
The National Assembly sat on Tuesday to vote on whether or not the house should establish a special committee to inquire into the competence of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to hold office.
·over 2 years ago
The National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has advised the Section 194 Enquiry Committee Chairperson, Qubudile Dyantyi, to seek legal opinion on the alleged possible conflict of interest
·over 1 year ago
Following weeks of ongoing proceedings and testimonies from various witnesses, the suspended Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane's case will see interesting revelations today, with the Mkhwebane expected to give details of her shortened...
·8 months ago
Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka is among the eight candidates the ad hoc committee selecting a new Public Protector has shortlisted.
·4 months ago
The members of the Section 194 inquiry into suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness for office and the evidence leaders, have submitted questions to Mkhwebane which she has until the 6th of July to answer.
·5 months ago
Parliament's debate to consider the recommendation of deputy public protector advocate Kholeka Gcaleka to replace Busisiwe Mkhwebane started on a heated note on Thursday the 19th of October 2023.
·about 2 months ago