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SA apex court harsh on Public Protector

SA apex court harsh on Public Protector

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s apex court - the Constitutional Court - has handed down a scathing criticism of Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s professional conduct. In dismissing her appeal against a decision which found that her final report which found that SA President Cyril Ramaphosa had misled Parliament, the court that Mkhwebane had made some “weighty errors” In the judgment which was supported by six of his colleagues, Judge Chris Japhta found that Mkhwebane made errors on facts and in the law when she found that Ramaphosa had wilfully misled parliament about a R500 000 donation for his campaign…
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Double blow for South African Public Protector

Double blow for South African Public Protector

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BELEAGUERED South African Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane suffered two blows yesterday when the Constitutional Court rejected her appeal and the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to start an investigation into her fitness to hold office. Mkhwebane had approached the Constitutional Court - the highest court in SA - to appeal against a lower court decision that the Parliamentary probe could go on. Hours after the Constitutional Court decision, a total of 275 MPs - with 40 objections and one absention - parties voted to start an investigation into her. She is now the first head of a…
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South African anti-graft watchdog accuses ANC leader of improper conduct

South African anti-graft watchdog accuses ANC leader of improper conduct

EMMA RUMNEY  A top official in South Africa's ruling party, Ace Magashule, did not properly oversee a public-private dairy farm project and his actions amounted to maladministration and improper conduct, the country's anti-corruption watchdog, the Public Protector, has found. Prosecutors say that R220-million ($14.81 million) of public money invested in the project to support poor farmers in the central province of Free State was siphoned off, including to accounts linked to the influential Gupta family, which had close links with politicians under former South Africa president Jacob Zuma. The Guptas have previously denied wrongdoing. Magashule, who was premier of Free…
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