Suspended Public Protector Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane is facing impeachment after an independent panel found that there was enough evidence to warrant a Section 194 inquiry into her fitness to hold office. The parliamentary hearings and the antics of Mkhwebane’s representative, Adv Dali Mpofu, have kept South Africans glued to their screens.
Suspended Public Protector Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane is facing impeachment after an independent panel found that there was enough evidence to warrant a Section 194 inquiry into her fitness to hold office.
Western Cape Division of the High Court Judge President John Hlophe has been removed from office, the latest casualty in a long line of people who chose to sacrifice their careers, reputations and livelihoods in devotion to the politically venal in their greedy quest for power and money.
An overwhelming majority of parliamentarians voted to impeach Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe on Thursday in a move the opposition said underscored the importance of upholding ethical standards.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane hasn’t commented on the Public Protector SA’s decision not to pay out her R10m gratuity, but she’s likely to fight it by all means possible.
EFF MP, and impeached Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane is reportedly ready to do battle with her successor Kholeka Gcaleka over her R10m pension payout.
One of the most important questions on which South Africa’s political future will hinge is whether the EFF will gain more votes in this year’s national and provincial elections than in 2019. The result will decide what role the EFF could play in national or provincial governments, with an accompanying crucial impact on governance and policy. Still, assessing its likely share of the vote several months before the polls may be very difficult, without accurate, publicly available polling data.
Looking back on the year that was, some of those who occupied centre stage shouldn’t find it too difficult to choose options for doing better in 2024. But, in case they’re still clueless, here’s some help.
The EFF MP shines in her choice of the company she keeps.
The newly elected Public Protector started her term under immense pressure and her independence has been put under scrutiny.
Kholeka Gcaleka has begun her role as the country’s Public Protector after President Cyril Ramaphosa formally announced her appointment.
The decision by EFF leader Julius Malema to appoint the removed Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane as an MP, along with the introduction of another high-profile new member, poses some interesting questions about the party’s internal dynamics. At the same time, Malema’s comments about a magistrate are so obviously untrue that he could find himself in a difficult position.
Thank you, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, thank you my Freedom Fighter.
Last Thursday, Parliament endorsed the appointment of Kholeka Gcaleka as our new Public Protector. The trust crisis under which Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s tenure collapsed, the nature of complaints to come and the 2024 elections will all test this important Chapter Nine institution. To add to this potent mix, Gcaleka takes office under a cloud of clearing President Cyril Ramaphosa of wrongdoing in the Phala Phala scandal.
Barely a month after she was removed from office, impeached Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has joined the EFF, saying the party will allow her to ‘continue to fight and protect South Africans’
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is officially out of office after a parliamentary vote saw her become the first person in her role to be removed. Her almost seven years in office have been a wild ride. We look back at some of her most ‘memorable’ moments.
The story of the rise and fall of Busisiwe Mkhwebane is in many ways a curious and sad one. But it is also, looking beyond the individual, a rare good news story in which the responsible institutions more or less did what they were constitutionally required to do.
South Africa’s first impeachment inquiry of a public office bearer ended on Monday with Busisiwe Mkhwebane voted out of office as Public Protector. Lasting for more than three years, the process, including the 14-month public inquiry, was mired in legal challenges and politicking.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the suspended Public Protector, has been impeached with a vote of 318 for, 43 against and one abstention in the National Assembly.
With the unexpected death of ANC MP Tina Joemat-Pettersson on 5 June, husband and wife duo David Skosana and Busisiwe Mkhwebane lost their final trump card.
After the suspended Public Protector missed her deadline to respond to a draft report about her fitness to hold office, the multiparty committee decided enough was enough and denied her request for an extension and voted to adopt the report, signalling their support for her removal.
Political battle lines emerged on the eve of the interviews for a new Public Protector when the EFF demanded the current acting incumbent, Deputy Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka, remove herself from the process, citing questions over her suitability.
At the resumption on Friday of the Section 194 Inquiry into advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office, MPs opted to continue work on a draft report ignoring the mosquitos in the room.
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