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Jan Gerber, News24 The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Friday dismissed Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the EFFs application to appeal the invalidation of her SARS "rogue unit" report, saying the appeals did not have reasonable prospects of success. Judge Selby Baqwa confirmed the full Benchs order that Mkhwebane must personally pay 15% of Pravin Gordhans legal costs in challenging that report, based on her "egregious" conduct during the case. Mkhwebane still has the option of petitioning the Supreme ...

Andrew Mkhondo Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has unreservedly apologised for wrongly accusing Judge Sulet Potterill of deliberately omitting words of the Executive Ethics Code, in a ruling she gave in favour of Pravin Gordhan. But Mkhwebane nevertheless insisted the 15% personal costs order granted against her by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria for, among other things, her "shockingly inappropriate" personal attack on Potterill was unwarranted, and part of...

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has argued that a full bench of the North Gauteng High Court erred when it overturned her report on the so-called SARS “rogue unit” and lumped her with a personal costs order for her “egregious” conduct. Mkhwebane and the EFF’s application for leave to appeal the December 2020 judgment was heard in a virtual sitting of the court on Friday, 23 April 2021. That judgment dismissed the findings in Mkhwebane’s July 2019 report, which found that Public ...

Tertiary qualification never a requirement for a political position in SA – Bonginkosi Madikizela on CV scandal Share Cape Town – The ANC and Good Party in the Western Cape have called on Premier Alan Winde to remove Public Works and Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela from the provincial cabinet Calls for the axing of Madikizela, who is also the DA’s Western Cape provincial leader, come as it has emerged that he has allegedly lied about holding a BCom degree in Human Resources. ...

Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has been suspended for 14 days while an investigation has been launched into the misrepresentation of his qualifications, Premier Alan Winde announced on Thursday. “I met with Minister Madikizela yesterday afternoon, where I raised my concerns with him and asked for an explanation,” said Winde in a statement. “During that meeting I made clear that acting with integrity is non-negotiable to me, and to the people of the Western Cape.” Winde...

Winde suspends Madikizela for two weeks amid probe into alleged lying on his CV Share Cape Town - Premier Alan Winde has suspended Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela for 14 days, with immediate effect, while an investigation into his alleged lying on his CV begins. Madikizela’s head is on the chopping block, both as MEC and senior DA leader, following revelations that he lied about a degree he doesn’t have. Winde said he was “deeply concerned” that Madikizela’s biogr...

Opposition parties have called on Alan Winde to fire Bonginkosi Madikizela for breaching the ethics code. Madikizela is currently seeking legal advice following the qualification saga. The DA indicated that its Federal Legal Commission would investigate the matter. Opposition Parties in the Western Cape legislature have lashed out at Western Cape Premier Alan Windes decision to place Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela on a 14-day suspension after he allegedly lied about his q...

Police, not public protector, should probe Masina’s Covid-19 breach, says Gcaleka Share Johannesburg - Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina’s alleged contravention of Covid-19 regulations should be investigated by the police and not the Office of the Public Protector. Deputy Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka this week said she had no powers to investigate Masina following a complaint by DA MP Mike Waters a year ago. Waters asked Masina to be investigated for claiming that the municipality...

Misha Jordaan, Gallo Images Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has been found guilty of breaching the Executive Ethics Code by lying about GOOD secretary-general and MPL Brett Herron. Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka announced her office found Madikizela had willfully made false and misleading statements to the legislature about Herron. Madikizela told the legislature housing projects, which Herron had initiated when he was p...

Criticism of how CR17 bank records were sealed ‘unfair’, high court hears