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Had time to read the judgment of the Western Cape High Court and here is a short thread. #PublicProtector
2/ The Court was dealing with Part B of the application and they did so on an urgent basis in terms of Rule 6(12) and based on Supplementary papers filed by the PP. The Court agreed that the supplementary papers were necessitated by the events which unfolded post her suspension.
3/ Another point in limine was that of the Deputy Public Protector directing the Attorneys for the Applicant to withdraw as the litigation had not been sanctioned by the office of the PP but by Adv Mkhwebane in her personal capacity. Reliance was placed on Rule 7 of the UROC.
#PublicProtector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane and The South African Human Rights Commission(SAHRC) release a report into an investigation regarding service delivery in Alexandra.
The probe started on 02 April 2019 following reports of threats of a “Total shutdown of Alexandra”
The probe started on 02 April 2019 following reports of threats of a “Total shutdown of Alexandra”
#PublicProtector Mkhwebane says evidence and observations made by the investigation team during an inspection revealed that the City of Johannesburg has not provided sufficient municipal services to the community of Alexandra in a sustainable manner.
#PublicProtector: Mkhwebane says the following service delivery deficiencies were recorded:
JUST IN: The constitutional court has dismissed Public Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane's application to appeal a high court ruling which said she has no powers to subpoena confidential taxpayer information
#PublicProtector Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga says Mkhwebane could have asked for the tax information she required from former President Jacob Zuma. He says Zuma did not mind handing over the details.
#PublicProtector Madlanga says SARS has the right to withhold confidential taxpayer information in the face of a subpoena by Mkhwebane.
