A good week for Cyril Ramaphosa
It’s hard to overstate the importance of the ruling this week, in which a full bench of the high court overturned the report, by bumbling public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
12 March 2020 - 05:00
A good week
It’s hard to overstate the importance of the ruling this week, in which a full bench of the high court overturned the report, by bumbling public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, on donations to the presidential campaign of Cyril Ramaphosa. The judges called her report "unlawful" and her findings not just irrational, but "reckless". It’s a landslide victory for the president, bolstering his political strength ahead of the ANC’s national general council later this year. For Mkhwebane, it makes her position even more untenable...
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