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BUSI MUST COUGH UP IN ROGUE UNIT CASE! News24.com Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Photo by Deaan Vivier. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebanes bid to challenge the invalidation of her report on Minister Pravin Gordhan and the so-called "SARS rogue unit" – as well as the 15% personal costs order granted against her – have been dismissed by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Judges Selby Baqwa, Annali Basson and Leonie Windell had ruled in December last ye...

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 ...

DA to take no action on Madikizela for now, spotlight on Koen and Mazzone Share Cape Town - A meeting of the DA’s provincial executive committee has decided to wait until the completion of the DA’s federal legal commission (FLC) investigation of suspended Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela before taking any action on him for lying about his qualifications. At the same time, Saldanha mayor Marius Koen is still in office as the DA investigates allegations that have been made cha...

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president, Floyd Shivambu claims certain judges belong in the pockets of politicians. Shivambu was speaking outside the Hillbrow Police station after laying a criminal charge of corruption against Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan. The charge was laid following the revelation by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the Judicial Service Commission interviews – claiming that Gordhan had called his office in an attempt to inquire how Judge Dhaya Pilla...

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...

Citizen reporter The public protectors investigation followed two complaints lodged in terms of the Executive Members’ Ethics Act, 1998, by DA MP Haniff Hoosen and EFF MP Floyd Shivambu. Minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba. Picture: ANA This has been corrected by the Office of the Public Protector, which, in its earlier report released by acting Public Pro...

Malusi Gigaba NATIONAL NEWS - The Public Protector has found that former home affairs minister Gigaba did not abuse the powers he was afforded in terms of the South African Citizenship Amendment Act, 2010 when granting certificates of early naturalisation to his alleged acquaintances, Ajay Gupta and family. This has been corrected by the Public Protector’s office, which, in its earlier report released by acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka, erroneously said the for...

Ironically, Gcaleka was Gigaba’s legal advisor. Gigaba said: “I’m sure you’re aware the report was prepared by the Public Protector, not her deputy. You also know that the investigation started long before she was appointed to the office. “I presume the Office of Public Protector to be professional. Anything else is pure malicious political propaganda, with which I’ve become familiar, especially from certain quarters of the media. They don’t deserve my comments.” In 2018, it eme...