Judgment will be handed down in the case brought against the public protector over her CR17 presidential campaign report
After a long-running battle, the drama between President Cyril Ramaphosa and public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane reaches a climax this week.
Arguments in the case were heard by a full bench in the high court in February. In her report, Mkhwebane found that Ramaphosa had misled parliament‚ violated the executive ethics code and acted inconsistently with his office in relation to R500‚000 donated in 2017 by the late Bosasa boss Gavin Watson to Ramaphosa’s ANC presidential campaign. Mkhwebane also found prima facie evidence of money laundering in the more than R400m donated to the campaign.
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen said the DA planned to approach the courts to contest Makhura’s decision on the grounds that the reasons advanced to justify it were not backed up by facts. For example, the city’s finances were in good shape, he said, and it did not owe money for electricity. On Wednesday ministers in the social cluster, including education, health, social development & human settlements, and water & sanitation, will answer questions by MPs in the National Assembly, and it will be Deputy President David Mabuza’s turn on Thursday. Mabuza will be put on the spot by a question from EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu, who wants to know who misled Ramaphosa about the state of affairs at Eskom and what accountability there has been in the matter.
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