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In the meantime, Magistrate Adriaan Bekker would also consider the media’s application to broadcast the proceedings. #Publicprotector#BusisiweMkhwebane has arrived at the Pta Mag Court ahead of her first appearance on charges of perjury @TheCitizen_Newspic.twitter.com/foy47skjpi The charges against Mkhwebane relate to allegations that she lied under oath about meetings she had had with former president Jacob Zuma, in affidavits submitted to the North Gauteng High Court and the Pretoria Regional Court in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Paul Hoffmann – who heads up lobby group Accountability No...

More than once, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been accused of lying to the courts. The issue raised its head again this week in a Constitutional Court ruling which in other respects was favourable to Mkhwebane. The question at the heart of the latest Constitutional Court judgment was whether the South African Revenue Services (Sars) could withhold former president Jacob Zuma’s tax information on the grounds that taxpayers’ information is protected under the Tax Administration Act, or whether the Public Protector had the right to access that information by means of her subpoena p...