Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s decision to join the EFF’s bid to have President Jacob Zuma repay some of the money spent on Nkandla could dent her institution’s reputation, the office of the ANC’s chief whip said on Monday. “There is nothing in law and in terms of court procedures that[…]
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela can join the EFF’s Constitutional Court bid to have President Jacob Zuma repay some of the money spent on his Nkandla residence. On Tuesday, the court ordered that she would be joined to the matter as a third respondent, and that she had to file papers[…]
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is yet to file court papers regarding the EFF’s upcoming Constitutional Court challenge on whether the findings in her report on Nkandla were binding. Spokesperson Kgalalelo Masibi, in an SMS to News24, said: “No, the public protector has not yet filed court papers.” City Press reported[…]
The DA is set to file court papers on Monday for direct access to the Constitutional Court relating to the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla. The party’s chair of the Federal Executive, James Selfe, said that the powers of the Public Protector needed to be safeguarded. “Legal certainty about the[…]
The DA will propose a motion in the National Assembly on Tuesday to have Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s report on Nkandla substituted with a report that the party drafted with other opposition parties. The DA said the opposition report found that Nhleko misinterpreted his mandate and only concentrated on four[…]
“It is clear we will never get an answer from the president. Let’s meet in court.” These were the final words EFF leader Julius Malema delivered in the National Assembly on Thursday, clearly dissatisfied with the way in which President Jacob Zuma answered his question on Nkandla. Malema wanted to[…]
Members of Parliament’s ad hoc committee on Nkandla are struggling to agree on which findings to include in their draft report. After two and a half hours of back and forth between ruling party and opposition members on Wednesday afternoon, the committee was not much closer to finding a resolution ahead[…]
Irrespective of what Parliament says, President Jacob Zuma could still end up paying millions for his Nkandla homestead, a report said on Friday. A presidential proclamation, the need to protect state resources and a pending decision by the high court means Zuma could end up paying at least R11.1m, reported[…]
The neglect that some MPs saw at Nkandla is linked to ongoing investigations that disrupted the project, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi said on Wednesday. “We had anticipated that investigations were not going to take long, but unfortunately it took a long time,” he told Parliament’s ad hoc committee on[…]
The ad hoc committee on Nkandla had unanimously agreed that the swimming pool at President Jacob Zuma’s home was not a fire pool, ANC MP Thandi Mahambehlala said on Wednesday. She was addressing DA leader Mmusi Maimane who earlier said he refused to call the facility a fire pool because[…]
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