POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Public protector’s report will capture attention
The ongoing battle for control of the state coffers is set to draw most of the attention this week. Politicians and state officials are set to continue to grapple with how to deal with the public protector’s report on state capture. On Monday, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete will hand back the state capture report to the new public protector, Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane, who assumes office on Monday. President Jacob Zuma’s interdict against the state capture report will be heard on Tuesday.Rumours of a Cabinet reshuffle have re-emerged even as the Treasury prepares for the medium-term budget speech next week. The ANC national working committee will meet on Monday, no doubt to discuss the political storm surrounding charges laid by the Hawks against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan that increasingly suggest there is open warfare within the government.At the weekend, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa offered "moral and political support" to Gordhan, saying the government "was at one...
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