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Mkhwebane plans to return to work on Tuesday

The office of the Public Protector says the suspension of Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane remains in place. This as the suspended Public Protector  took to social media saying that her suspension is terminated, as the Section 194 committee has concluded its work. Mkhwebane says she has informed the President of her intention to return to work on Tuesday. Spokesperson for the Public Protector, Ndili Msoki says only the President can terminate the suspension […]

today5 September 2023

Local

Public Protector judgment: implications for Parliament

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria's full-Bench judgment in the CR17-Bosasa case entrenched Parliament's powers, saved the legislature from having to do the impossible and provided further "evidence" for the removal proceedings of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise was the second respondent in the case, and the judgment impacts Parliament at first glance in the following three ways: 1. Entrench Parliament's powers The court found […]

today11 March 2020

Local

ConCourt grants Mkhwebane direct access to appeal personal costs order

The Constitutional Court has granted Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane direct access to challenge the constitutionality of the personal costs order made against her, her office has said. In February, Mkhwebane was ordered by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to pay 15% of the legal costs of the South African Reserve Bank's challenge to her Absa/Bankorp report. The report was set aside by the court, as well as her […]

today24 July 2018

Local

Grilling awaits Mkhwebane in Parliament

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is expected to appear before Parliament‘s Justice Committee on Wednesday, after a no-show last week. Committee members were unhappy that Mkhwebane asked for the postponement of the meeting late the previous day. The committee had to decide whether or not to institute an inquiry into her fitness to hold office, among other matters. Last week, neither the Public Protector, her deputy nor a delegation from her […]

today13 June 2018

Local

Public Protector Mkhwebane displeased with justice committee

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has set the record straight on a Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services decision to summon her to appear before it in connection with her work The committee said at the weekend that it had decided to urgently call Mkhwebane to appear before it to explain comments she made about not having the capacity or financial resources to investigate information relating to the Gupta Leaks. […]

today13 February 2018

Local

Public Protector plotted with Presidency on SARB mandate: report

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane conspired with the Presidency to have the mandate of the Reserve Bank changed, the bank stated in a new affidavit filed on Monday. SARB spokesperson Jabulani Sikhakhane confirmed that SARB filed the new affidavit on Monday, in which the bank indicates that Mkhwebane had met with the Presidency and the State Security Agency to amend the Reserve Bank’s Constitutional mandate to protect the currency. EWN reported […]

today12 September 2017

Local

Parliament to challenge Public Protector’s report in court

Parliament said it would take Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's findings into Absa bank's misappropriation of public funds, on review. Mkhwebane recommended that Absa pay over a billion rand in interest from a loan to its predecessor, Bankorp, for an apartheid-era bailout. In a statement issed on Thursday, Parliament specified that the "allegations of maladministration, corruption, misappropriation of public funds and failure by the South African government to implement the CIEX […]

today23 June 2017

Local

Absa to challenge Public Protector

Absa says Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report is riddled with misconceptions and inaccuracies. The bank is taking it back to the High Court for review, saying her remedial action should be set aside. Officials say the report makes irrational and unreasonable legal conclusions, which have damaged the bank's reputation. Mkhwebane recommended that Absa pay over a billion rand in interest from a loan to its predecessor, Bankorp. The bank says it […]

today21 June 2017

Local

Reserve Bank to challenge public protector report

The Reserve Bank is set to challenge the public protector’s recommendation that its mandate be adjusted. The bank said in a statement on Tuesday that the ordered remedial action directing parliament to effect a constitutional amendment to the Reserve Bank’s powers had had an immediate and negative impact on the markets and the exchange rate of the rand. This comes after public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane ordered parliament to amend the […]

today20 June 2017

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