For once, everyone seems to agree. A slew of court rulings against the public protector has demonstrated, in humiliatingly scathing judicial assessments, how unfit she is for office. The only thing at issue is a credible explanation for Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s hopelessly flawed rulings. Do they stem from stupidity and ignorance or are they the calculated..
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Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane: political tool or useless?
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SABC dismisses chief operating officer after conviction of gross negligence
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The SABC confirmed that Chris Maroleng, the broadcaster’s chief operating officer’s contract, had ended. Maroleng indicated that he would fight the suspension until a disciplinary committee found him guilty of gross negligence. His contract ended with immediate effect and Tshifiwa Malaudzi, head of the commercial division at the SABC, was also suspended earlier this month…
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OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY: Five years for careless doctor
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Emalahleni gynaecologist Danie van der Walt was sentenced to five years in jail for culpable homicide after one of his patients died after giving birth.
He had earlier been found guilty of gross negligence.
Witbank magistrate Merlene Greyvenstein said Van der Walt had failed to do everything a specialist of his calibre should have done to save the life of Pamela Daweti, who bled profusely after giving birth to a baby girl, Lisakhanya, on August 11 2005.
She died a day later.
“I find that the death of the deceased could have been prevented,” Greyvenstein said.
She granted Van der Walt leave to appeal both his conviction and sentence.
Van der Walt waited in the holding cells while his family paid his R10,000 bail.
Outside court Daweti’s uncle, Lungi Daweti, expressed mixed feelings at the outcome.
“The court has done everything in its power to ensure justice was done. We appreciate that. This has taken a strain on all of us. We will now start the
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