Busisiwe Joyce Mkhwebane

The increasingly vicious war between opposing ANC factions has reached new heights after Zuma testified at the commission and Zuma-appointed Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane  ruled that Presiden Cyril Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament about contributions to his 2017 election campaign funds and engaged in money laundering (AC Vol 60 No 12 A tale of two ANCs)...

Lined up against Ramaphosa with Magashule are: Deputy President  David Mabuza; former Premier of North West province  Supra Mahumapelo; former President Jacob Zuma; and the current Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane a Zuma-appointed advocate who formerly worked in intelligence...

Usefully for his chances of becoming Deputy President again Mabuza was also 'cleared' the day before Ramaphosa's inauguration by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane of unauthorised expenditures totalling 5 million rand (US$340 000) on luxury vehicles and 70m rand on a memorial service for former president Nelson Mandela...

Ramaphosa has also been ordered by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to act against Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba who was found by the High Court to have breached his oath of ministerial office by lying about an agreement with mining chief Nicky Oppenheimer over allocating land for a private airport...

Their focus is Madonsela's report which her successor as Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has not followed up and the danger that the Guptas and related patronage issues could influence December's conference...

Madonsela now retired called for an independent inquiry headed by a judge to be appointed by the Chief Justice but Zuma has not acted on her recommendation and appointed a compliant successor Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the key post...