In the news this week | Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘acted outside of her authority’ in Bosasa matter, Cyril Ramaphosa says in court papers
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
“I submit that the public protector acted outside of her authority and lacked jurisdiction to investigate the funds which were paid into the CR17 campaign,” Ramaphosa states in court papers filed on Wednesday, adding that there is no “factual foundation whatsoever” for her finding that there was evidence the campaign may be embroiled in money-laundering.
Ramaphosa has filed an urgent interdict to stop the implementation of Mkhwebane’s remedial action against him in her report on the R500,000 donation he received from corruption-accused Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson, which includes him being forced to disclose the identities of all his ANC election campaign funders.
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