The Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, said she was only trying clear Minister Pravin Gordhan’s name to end a dispute. Mkhwebane alleges that the minister interferes with her investigation after Gordhan putted his legal representative on her. The investigation is being conducted following the so-called privatization of the SA Reserve Bank which the minister has been..
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Public Protecter wants clear Gordhan’s name after accusations that he was involved in so-called privatization of the SA Reserve Bank
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Authorities set to punish Andile Mngxitama over his “call to kill white people” speech, or will he start singing ‘another tune’ like Juju in order to ‘sweep it under the carpet’
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The TLU SA on Tuesday 2 April 2019, handed a memorandum to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regarding utterances made by Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama last year. TLU SA president Louis Meintjes said the memorandum concerned “the vengeful and inflammatory words of Andile Mngxitama…uttered in December during a public rally in..
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Thank Eskom and the Guptas for Being in the Dark – Eskom Staff Were Pushed to Sign R4.3bn Tegeta Contract, #StateCaptureInquiry Hears
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Evidence leader at the Zondo inquiry, Advocate Kate Hofmeyr, on Tuesday, 26 February 2019, gave an overview of the evidence of corruption in Eskom’s coal supply contract with Gupta family businesses that were going to be presented by a new witness. Daniel Mashigo, acting senior general manager for primary energy division at Eskom, took the stand on Tuesday..
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Ramaphosa’s share in SA’s dilapidated state is questioned and his latest press release is inconsistent: “I did not deliberately mislead Parliament about R500 000 Bosasa donation”
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President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a statement to the Public Protector, says he “did not deliberately mislead Parliament” regarding the R500 000 Bosasa contribution to his 2017 ANC presidential campaign. The statement follows Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane confirming on January 25 that she would investigate whether Ramaphosa had lied about a campaign donation received from controversial..
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National Prosecuting Authority gets new boss, the question is will she also be one of Ramaphosa’s puppets?
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Cyril Ramaphosa appointed adv. Shamila Batohi as the new head of the National Prosecuting Authority. She will begin her duties on February 1, 2019. The president of the country, Cyril Ramaphosa, acknowledged that the NPA was disorder, corrupt and dysfunctional with the announcement of her appointment. Observers point out that this acknowledgment made by Ramaphosa..
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We know that FW De Klerk is sick, now the BLF is worried he might die before he can be punished
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The BLF leader says prosecuting De Klerk should be a bigger priority than what Malusi Gigaba does with his manhood in a video.
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Helen Zille launches court battle against public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
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Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has launched her court bid to take public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on judicial review and, in doing so, the controversial leader has once again defended her infamous tweets on colonialism.
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Public Protector asked to probe Magashule-linked RDP projects Ace Magashule
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The DA has asked the Public Protector to investigate RDP contracts in the Free State awarded to a company in which the daughter of outgoing premier Ace Magashule owns a stake.
The contracts were awarded to the company by the provincial Department of Human Settlements after Magashule became involved in a process that resulted in a rival contractor being booted off the project
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Public Protector finds Brown ‘inadvertently’ misled Parliament about Eskom-Trillion
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Cape Town – The Public Protector has found that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown misled the National Assembly when she denied there were engagements between power utility Eskom and the Gupta-linked company Trillian Capital Partners.
This is according to a report issued by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the DA on Thursday.
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Scathing judgment may put Mkhwebane’s job in jeopardy
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Pretoria – Friday’s scathing judgment in the Bankorp-CIEX court case could lay the foundation for removing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from her position, on the basis that she abused her office.
Mkhwebane already received a stinging judgment against her in August last year, after Judge John Murphy labelled her “impervious” and “disingenuous”.
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‘Gupta Involvement Not Part Of Estina Probe Due To Financial Constraints’
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In her report, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found the Free State Agriculture Department guilty of gross misconduct and maladministration.
The Public Protector says she did not investigate the Guptas’ involvement in the Estina Dairy Farm project near Vrede due to constraints around capacity and finances.
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Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane to appear before portfolio committee
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The parliament’s Portfolio Committee of Justice and Correctional Services called on the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to appear before them regarding controversial statements she made in public.
It is also claimed that her office has suppressed or hidden evidence in certain investigations.
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Time’s up: Deadline day for Zuma to avoid spy tapes charges
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President Jacob Zuma will have to make representations to public prosecutions head Shaun Abrahams today to argue why he should not face 783 counts of fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
In December 2017, Abrahams granted Zuma an extension to make representations after the president’s legal team made the request. Zuma’s lawyers asked that he be given until February 19 2018 to state his case, but Abrahams instead made the deadline January 31…
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Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to head commission of inquiry into state capture
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Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has made the decision to appoint deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, the Presidency announced in a statement on Tuesday evening. In the statement, President Jacob Zuma announced that he is officially appointing a commission of inquiry into state capture. Zuma said that the Pretoria high court’s order for him to appoint..
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