Advocate Hoffman denies that he has a political agenda against Public Protector
By Zingisa Mkhuma, Manyane Manyane
Dec 20, 2020
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Johannesburg - The man who laid criminal charges of perjury against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and subsequently wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa asking him to suspend her has denied that he is furthering a political agenda against her.
Advocate Paul Hoffman, who has a history of laying complaints against Mkhwebane, has also poured cold water on suggestions that he implored the president to push out Mkhwebane as a pre-emptive strike aimed at paving the way for her removal by Parliament, which is scheduled to hold an inquiry into her fitness for office in the new year.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Photo: Jeffrey Abrahams)
Phapano Phasha, an ANC member at the Brian Bunting branch, wrote to the party s integrity commission, calling for Pravin Gordhan to appear before it.
According to Phasha, the minister had brought the party into disrepute.
She wrote two letters to the commission, one in May 2019 and another this year.
The ANC s integrity commission has decided that complaints laid by Brian Bunting branch member, Phapano Phasha, against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan do not warrant him being called before it.
Phasha wrote to the commission with complaints against Gordhan on various issues - which, among others, include his approval of former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay s early retirement and rehiring; alleged involvement in the so-called SARS Rogue Unit ; alleged involvement in the appointment of his niece as a trustee of the Eskom Pension Fund; and racial discrimination in
TimesLIVE > By TimesLIVE - 18 December 2020 - 15:43 Pubic protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is set to appear in the Pretoria magistrate s court on January 21 on three counts of perjury. Image: Moeletsi Mabe
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said on Friday she would “co-operate” with authorities after she was issued with a summons to appear in court next month as an accused.
TimesLIVE reported on Tuesday night that Mkhwebane was set to appear in the Pretoria magistrate s court on January 21 on three counts of perjury. A summons ordering her to appear in court is dated December 15.
The perjury charge stems from a complaint against her laid by Accountability Now director Paul Hoffman in August last year. The complaint was investigated by the Hawks.
Tribunal deliberates on Hlopeâs comments, conduct
By Don Makatile
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Johannesburg - After a week-long deliberation it would appear the 12-year-old case against Judge John Hlophe will finally be brought to a close by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal that was set up in 2013 to probe the matter.
Held over five days last week at the Premier Hotel, OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, east of Joburg, the tribunal conducted hearings on the complaint lodged by Justices of the Constitutional Court against Hlophe, President of Western Cape Division of the High Court.
On Friday, parties on both sides of the matter made their closing arguments at the tribunal.
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