Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found that the South African Post Office’s procurement of its headquarters in Centurion‚ Pretoria‚ was not fair, transparent‚ or cost effective. The Protector’s report also revealed that R2.7 billion was spent on procuring labour brokers‚ some of whom were improperly employed without contracts. Madonsela bluntly[…]
The ANC has approached the public protector to probe the DA-run City of Cape Town for what it labelled “wasteful” expenditure in hosting the ill-fated Cape Town Cup. The party’s Western Cape branch has asked Thuli Madonsela to investigate expenditure into the soccer tournament hosted at Cape Town Stadium over[…]
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[…]
The Constitutional Court will have the final say on whether Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s findings are binding. However, for now the Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA) judgment against the South African Broadcasting Authority (SABC) this week has set a precedent. The public broadcaster had ignored Madonsela’s rulings on chief operating[…]
Without respect for the rule of law, the public protector’s office cannot be a meaningful buffer between government and the people. So believes Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, who was speaking at the fifth annual Desmond Tutu International Peace lecture at the University of the Western Cape on Wednesday. She was[…]
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[…]
The Helen Suzman Foundation has asked Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to probe Eskom, Chancellor House and the ANC following the damning Hitachi revelations. The request follows recent claims by the United States Securities Exchange Commission about the awarding of Eskom tenders to Hitach Power Africa. The commission has made damning[…]
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 ANC on Thursday issued a warning to the SABC to ensure that it paid all its executives according to the budget stipulated by the National Treasury. “The SABC board should not operate outside the framework of commitments provided by the National Treasury. It is our view that economic trends[…]
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng will challenge the Public Protector’s powers in a matter to be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Friday. His lawyer, Zola Majavu, said the heart of the matter was whether Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s recommendations were binding. “The issue that[…]
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