The controversial project of so-called dairy farming job creation just outside the Free State town of Vrede’s public hearing started with the Public Protector at the forefront. It is believed that the OB has a long list of names that can testify to “how much they have lost” with the project that the Gupta family..
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Vrede Milk Farm” trial begins – Seems like Ace Magashule, was at the forefront of the project’s decisions
Anything and everything are on-hold when it comes to Cyril until after the elections, I just see a lot of question marks – Public Protector’s probe into Cyril Ramaphosa shelved until post-elections (did you notice the red ties, this is a trademark of the NWO)
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The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) hopes of having the Public Protector launch the probe into President Cyril Ramaphosa may have been stomped on after it was revealed to Mmusi Maimane that there may be further delays in attending to their complaint. Busisiwe Mkhwebane was quoted in the City Press as saying that the probe into the..
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ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule: We don’t need white votes’ but on the other hand he says ‘we are a nonracial organisation’
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While ANC internal polls show a greater white engagement since Cyril Ramaphosa became president, the party insists it’s the black vote that counts. ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has downplayed suggestions that Ramaphoria – the mood of positivity around President Cyril Ramaphosa – will see white South Africans voting for the party in big numbers in..
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Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister Bheki Cele and Minister Tito Mboweni NAMED AND SHAMED
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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane named and shamed those that defied her instructions today and the top names include Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister Tito Mboweni and Minister Bheki Cele. “If you are a minister, you should be respecting the Constitution and the rule of law.” With fifty top heads of state outlined including the President, the Finance Minister and..
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Mbalula receives R680,000 for family vacation in Dubai, it is not sure whether taxpayers have funded a portion of holiday
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Despite the findings by the Public Protector that Mbalula has received at least R300,000 from Sedgars Sport for a family vacation in Dubai, the ANC still declared their full confidence in him. The National Prosecuting Authority has indicated that they will check the OB’s report before deciding whether to prosecute. The ride cost R680,000 and..
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Zibuse Comfort Ndigi withdraws from Zondo commission citing time constraints, one can only wonder why!
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The appointment of Durban attorney Zibuse Comfort Ngidi, a staunch ally of former president Jacob Zuma, to the Zondo commission investigating state capture, has been halted.
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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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Cyril Ramaphosa – Reshuffle: Whose heads will roll?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce a Cabinet reshuffle by next Friday amid growing calls to fire ministers implicated in state capture.
The ministers seen as being compromised or underperforming are Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, Water Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane, Co-operative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen,
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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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ConCourt: Parliament has failed to hold Zuma to account
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The Constitutional Court has ruled that the National Assembly failed to put in place mechanisms to hold President Zuma accountable. The EFF, Cope and the UDM asked the highest court to compel Parliament to hold the president to account after its Nkandla judgement. Judge Chris Jafta, reading the orders, said the National Assembly failed to..
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Business Leadership South Africa suspends Eskom and Transnet
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Business Leadership South Africa on Thursday booted out state-owned entities Eskom and Transnet for their involvement in corruption and state capture with immediate effect. The announcement comes as BLSA launched its #BusinessBelieves campaign in Cape Town, where it signed a “contract” with South Africa, pledging to do even more to create jobs and grow and..
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Public Protector denies BLF involvement
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The already beleaguered Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, is now attempting to deny any commitments with BlackLandFirst (BLF) with her investigation into the Absa Bank Corp lifeline. She went so far as to withhold certain documents and in a sworn statement denied that BLF filed a complaint with her. Maria Ramos of Barclays Africa filed papers..
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Can we believe this: ‘I didn’t conspire with Zuma’ – Mkhwebane
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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has denied conspiring with the presidency and State Security Agency‚ saying her office remains independent. In papers filed in the High Court in Pretoria‚ the Reserve Bank accused Mkhwebane of meeting with President Jacob Zuma’s office and the State Security Agency before releasing her report on missing apartheid funds. The report..
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Zuma won’t let Public Protector dictate to him on #StateCapture inquiry
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Pretoria – Jacob Zuma will not be dictated to by the Public Protector, or any other State functionary, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday. “One of the points we raise is that the remedial action [prescribed by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela] is telling the president [Zuma] that he has no discretion on..
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Public protector vows to ‘set the record straight’ on Reserve Bank allegations.
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Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will file court papers to “set the record straight” in response to an affidavit submitted by the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) on Monday which alleges Mkhwebane plotted with the presidency and the State Security Agency (SSA) to change the constitutional mandate of the bank. Cleopatra Mosana, the spokesperson for the..
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