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Busisiwe Mkhwebane supporters raise R260,000 to pay her personal costs order

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has revealed that she has paid a Constitutional Court personal costs order thanks to R260,000 raised by members of the public. Mkhwebane revealed this during a presentation to parliament’s justice and…

PROTECTING THE PUBLIC? Public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane

Another week‚ another defeat – it’s bedtime for Busisiwe‚ says DA

DA chief whip John Steenhuisen on Monday hailed the interim court interdict granted to president Cyril Ramaphosa against Busisiwe Mkhwebane as another reason for the public protector to be booted out. Steenhuisen said the judgment‚ along…

PROTECTING THE PUBLIC? Public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane

‘She couldn’t even read her own judgment’ – EFF slams judge’s Mkhwebane finding

The EFF has lashed out at a court ruling on Thursday which saw President Cyril Ramaphosa winning a key legal battle against public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Judge Lettie Molopa-Sethosa found that Ramaphosa had complied with the…

Ramaphosa’s court application on Sars pension payout has ‘no merit whatsoever’: Dali Mpofu

Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s insistence that remedial action by the public protector be implemented immediately ignored the fact of a pending judicial review against her report. This was the view of counsel for public enterprises minister Pravin…

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane must pay after ‘falsehoods’ over Bankorp

The Constitutional Court has dismissed Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s appeal against a high court judgment which ordered that she personally pay 15 percent of the costs from her own pocket in a case involving the South African…

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Pravin Gordhan report not meant to influence cabinet appointments‚ says public protector

Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she was not trying to play to the political gallery by releasing a report with adverse findings against Pravin Gordhan on Friday. The public protector found that Gordhan had irregularly approved the early…

Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. File photo.Image: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Antonio Muchave

Busisiwe Mkhwebane still fighting R900‚000 legal bill

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is not giving up her fight to overturn the estimated R900‚000 legal bill she was ordered to pay after her disastrous court battle with the Reserve Bank. The High Court in Pretoria ordered that Mkhwebane…