Mkhwebane to decide on next move after another court defeat
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Johannesburg - No decision has been taken on whether or not Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane will challenge her latest loss in the North Gauteng High Court.
The full bench of the North Gauteng High Court – Judges Elizabeth Kubushi, Mpostoli Twala and Norman Davis – dismissed with costs Mkhwebane’s appeal of their December ruling reviewing and setting aside Mkhwebane’s 2019 report into former acting SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Ivan Pillay’s early retirement.
Pillay’s early retirement and subsequent retention by Sars were approved by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan following a recommendation by the taxman’s former commissioner Oupa Magashula, who did not participate in the application for leave to appeal.
Richard Mdluli wants taxpayers to foot his legal bills for corruption case It s his latest delaying tactic, says NPA Former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli wants the SAPS to pay for his legal costs. Image: Thulani Mbele
Former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli wants you, the taxpayer, to foot the legal bill for his corruption case in which he is accused of gross abuse of the secret service account.
Mdluli, who was granted a month by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this week to finish his application for funding, said he wants the SA Police Service (SAPS) to pay for his legal costs as the criminal act he allegedly committed happened while he was employed there.
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Comments Disgraced cop Richard Mdluli is serving a five-year prison term for kidnapping and assault. Photo by Gallo Images .
FORMER crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli appeared in the North Gauteng High Court in Tshwane yesterday to submit an application to have Judge Bert Bam recused.
But his application was dismissed.
Bam said the application bordered on mala fide, or intention to deceive, and the defence’s argument was without substance.
Initially, Bam was meant to preside over the NPA’s application which sought to bar Mdluli from causing any delays in his pending corruption and theft court case related to the police’s secret slush fund.
Mkhwebane loses bid to appeal judgment on Ivan Pillayâs early retirement
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Johannesburg - Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, ex-acting SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Ivan Pillay and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane have all lost their bid to overturn the North Gauteng High Court ruling on Pillayâs early retirement.
A full bench of the high court â Judges Elizabeth Kubushi, Mpostoli Twala and Norman Davis â dismissed Mkhwebaneâs appeal as well as Gordhan and Pillayâs cross appeal.
âWe are, therefore, of the view that there are no reasonable prospects of success of the appeal. Put differently, we hold the view that there is no prospect that another court may come to a different conclusion in this case. Therefore, the applications for leave to appeal and cross-appeal the judgment fall to be dismissed,â the judges found.
Four years after it refused to refund membership fees to a supplier, the Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman (CGSO) has been granted a declaratory order by the North Gauteng High Court, confirming that members of the fast-moving consumer goods industry are obliged to pay membership fees to the office.
Had the ombud lost the case, it would have encouraged other participants or suppliers to stop supporting the office, which plays a critical role in investigating consumer complaints while facilitating advisory and other services for companies.
In June 2013, the first ombud, Neville Melville, was appointed. Its industry code of conduct set up by the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (which is not connected to the ombud), signed by the trade and industry minister and gazetted in March 2015 is enforceable by law. Non-compliance with the code, accredited by the minister on 29 April 2015, is a breach of section 82 of the CPA.