After evading the situation for months, President Ramaphosa now has seven days to answer 31 questions posed to him by now-suspended Public Protector, Advocate Busiswe Mkhwebane.
, and on 15 July tried to avoid it again with another request for an extension, which was denied by Advocate Gcaleka on the latest due date of 18 July., he now has seven days to respond to the questions as the Chapter 9 institution invokes its subpoena powers in line with Section 7.4 of the Public Protector’s Act.
He must also answer questions about whether he had any financial interests at the farm and if it was registered in his name or any any of the companies he had stakes in. The Office of the Public Protector’s Oupa Segalwe explained: “The Public Protector may direct the state institution concerned to submit a substantive reply, which the reply must be received no later than seven days from the date of the directive.”
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