Public Protector to Investigate Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s Appointment as SABC COO

The Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, will once again look into Hlaudi Motsoeneng following his permanent appointment as Chief Operations Officer of state broadcaster, SABC. Thuli Madonsela probed Motsoeneng e... Read more »

Public Protector’s Office Lacks Funds

The Public Protector revealed on Friday that her office is desperate for funding. She was addressing parliament in Cape Town when she presented her supplementary budget requirements. She said, in her statement ... Read more »

Another Public Protector Probe For Zuma On The Cards

It appears that the sun does not shine for the president of the republic of South Africa. No sooner had the dust raised by the Nkandla Scandal and the most difficult election for his African National Congress, ... Read more »

R2bn “Zumaville” Project to be Scrutinized by Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela

The two billion Rand project, the proposed building of South Africa’s first post-democracy, completely black-built town, formally known as the, “Umlalazi-Nkandla, Smart Growth Centre,” will be... Read more »

The Nkandla Report: Madonsela Dragged to Court

The Nkandla saga rages on. If the public thought that the conflict between the Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and the government had blown itself over, it appears it has another thought coming. This, after it... Read more »

We Have not Read the Nkandla Report – ANC MPs

President Jacob Zuma seems to be getting off the hook as regards the Nkandla Saga. This emerged recently when the members of the committee that was set up to look into the president’s response to the Thul... Read more »

Coalition of Political Parties Baying for Tlakula’s Blood

South Africa is still reeling in the aftermath of two very damning reports. The more commonly known Thuli Madonsela’s report which found that President Jacob Zuma and his family benefitted from the non se... Read more »

Parties Complain of Zuma’s Silence on Nkandla Report

When it seemed that the Nkandla saga has played itself out, it seems the opposition parties are not satisfied and would like more done. This came out in separate incidents over the weekend when opposition parti... Read more »

Nkandla: Zuma Not Likely to be Recalled Over the Public Protector’s Report

It’s Guptagate all over again. The heads have started rolling, some more quietly and less aggressively than others. This is in the aftermath of the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report... Read more »

SABC Chief Financial Officer Fired

It is very easy to think of Thuli Madonsela and Jacob Zuma with his Nkandla in the same moment. As a matter of fact, many people have come to know of the Public Protector only since the advent of Nkandla. Howev... Read more »