Public Protector Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka has ordered the disgraced Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) to fix the broken sewage pipe in the copper town of Musina within seven working days. Residents of Musina have been living in squalor, stench and the fear of health hazards from the raw sewage for a decade now, and despite numerous… Continue reading Public Protecter Finds Vhembe, Musina Municipalities Guilty of Maladministration, Orders them to Fix Sewage and Waste Collection Problems in the Border Town
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ATM Turns to Public Protector Over Claims Mchunu Sabotaged Political Killings Task Team
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has called on Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka to urgently investigate what it alleges is a calculated abuse of state power by Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, in connection with the sudden collapse of a specialised police unit investigating politically motivated killings. ATM Member of Parliament Vuyo Zungula has submitted a formal… Continue reading ATM Turns to Public Protector Over Claims Mchunu Sabotaged Political Killings Task Team
Public Protector Accedes to ATM’s Request to Probe Failure by State Organs to Enforce Regulation for Food Processors
The Office of the Public Protector has acceded to the request by the leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM) to investigate the government’s failure to enforce regulations on spaza shops and other companies processing foodstuffs sold to the South African public. Vuyo Zungula made the request to the office in October last year at… Continue reading Public Protector Accedes to ATM’s Request to Probe Failure by State Organs to Enforce Regulation for Food Processors
Public Protector Scolds KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Approving Irregular Appointment of Underqualified ANC Cadre
The Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka has scolded KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka for approving the irregular appointment of an underqualified ANC cadre as a government official in 2020. This happened during his Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC tenure. Gcaleka also instructed KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli to act against Hlomuka for engineering Mncedisi… Continue reading Public Protector Scolds KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Approving Irregular Appointment of Underqualified ANC Cadre
ActionSA Wants Public Protector To Investigate Former Senior Member in Newcastle
The national chairperson of ActionSA, Micheal Beaumont has written to the Public Protector asking her office to probe its former senior member in Newcastle local municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal for possible abuse of power. Beaumont’s request came after almost a week the Herman Mashaba led party fired Faizel Cassim as its member and chief whip… Continue reading ActionSA Wants Public Protector To Investigate Former Senior Member in Newcastle
“Real State Capture” Killed Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Says Mkhwebane
In what Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has labelled the biggest scandal to hit South African democracy, the suspended Chapter 9 institution leader blamed the death of former Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson on “state capture.” Mkhwebane was speaking during her much-anticipated media briefing on allegations that Section 194 chairperson Richard Dyantyi and ANC parliamentary… Continue reading “Real State Capture” Killed Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Says Mkhwebane