High court says people can refuse to hand information over to the protector if there is “just cause” and also makes a personal costs order against Mkhwebane

The process of appointing the public protector is flawed, and led by politicians who don’t seem to have paid attention to the law. This has to change

As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements

This brings to five the number of senior officials currently suspended — suspensions that have put her on a collision course with the Public Servants Association

But his last minute affidavit does not resolve the bigger legal dispute between the South African Revenue Service and the public protector

The public protector has labelled her possible impeachment as unconstitutional and unlawful

The Public Protector has still not received confirmation from former president Jacob Zuma that she may access his tax records — despite a tweet from Zuma’s twitter account in…

This follows a letter from the NDPP to Mkhwebane asking whether there was a ‘misunderstanding’ about the mandates about of their respective offices

“The Public Protector has strayed,” says the President in his court papers.

As the courts batter the public protector, the ANC in Parliament is trying to work out how to appear to be taking action while staying unified

After the Constitutional Court judgment against her, removing Mkhwebane from her position is the obvious next step. But it is a difficult process

Different factions with vested interests are aligning to protect the destructive protector

The judgment is a boost for Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan who is litigating against Mkhwebane in two separate cases

The party have understood the public protector’s reason for the late release of the president’s Bosasa loan report

Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane explains issuance of section 7 (9) notice to public enterprises minister in YouTube video