The Constitutional Court has warned the country’s high courts to be wary of issuing personal cost orders against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane without merit, as it set aside another such order on Tuesday.
The court overturned a North Gauteng High Court order that said she must personally pay 15% of SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter’s legal fees in her failed attempt to convince the court that she had the power to subpoena confidential tax records.
The case stems from a subpoena Mkhwebane issued to former SARS acting commissioner Mark Kingon to provide former president Jacob Zuma’s tax records. She was investigating allegations that Zuma had received payments from businessman Roy Moodley’s company Royal Security.
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Regiments and Trillian: Whistleblower joins the dots
Zondo Commission hears testimony from former employee who was lured back to Regiments, then made CEO of Trillian Financial Advisory. 00:01
Witness to dodgy dealings ⦠whistleblower Mosilo Mothepu resigned from Trillian when she realised it was involved in state capture. Image: Shutterstock
When Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan gave evidence to the Zondo Commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture on November 20, 2018, he told the commission of a very courageous âTrillian whistleblowerâ, Mosilo Mothepu, who had given evidence to the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom on October 31, 2017.
Some two years later, on December 10 this year, Mothepu appeared at the Zondo Commission. Her evidence was led by Pule Seleka SC.
Cosatu wanted to meet President Cyril Ramaphosa over issues formally dating back to the 7 October 2020 general strike memorandum on job losses, corruption and socioeconomic issues handed over at the Union Buildings. But many go back longer.
At the 11 December 2020 meeting between the labour federation’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) and President Cyril Ramaphosa, his deputy David “DD” Mabuza and several Cabinet ministers, some issues seemed like labour matters, but actually go further.
For example, Cosatu’s ire about the still outstanding Department of Public Service and Administration circular – effectively, an administrative measure – to formally make it possible for civil servants to qualify to take the parental and adoption leave, since 1 January 2020 under the 2018 Labour Laws Amendment Act. Apparently, no such circular, no such parental and adoptive leave for civil servants.
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Parliament finds 16 EFF MPs guilty of misconduct for disrupting Gordhan speech On Friday, the powers and privileges committee investigating the incident heard closing arguments from the initiator, Advocate Ncumisa Mayosi. EFF MPs are thrown out during Pravin Gordhan s Public Enterprises budget vote. Picture: Parliament YouTube.
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CAPE TOWN - Parliament has found 16 EFF MPs guilty of misconduct for disrupting Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan last year.
On Friday, the powers and privileges committee investigating the incident heard closing arguments from the initiator, Advocate Ncumisa Mayosi.
She said that there was strong evidence against the MPs.
The guilty verdict against the EFF MPs comes after video and oral evidence was presented to the committee last month.