President Ramaphosa’s battles with the Public Protector deepen

SOUTH AFRICA - Report 05 Aug 2019 by Iraj Abedian

​Months have gone by since the battle between President Ramaphosa and the Public Protector, Ms Mkhwebane started. The Public Protector alleged the President of breaking the Executive Ethics Code following his response to the Parliament about donations to his Presidential campaign from BOSASA (nowadays known as African Global Operations). However, the President made it clear that he believed Ms Mkhwebane’s information discovered about him was irrational and inconsistent with the principles of law. This, he argued, was because his presidential campaign and its fund-raising activities fall outside the ambit of Public Protector’s jurisdiction. For these reasons, he decided to file for an application for a judicial review.

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