One of the upsides of the state capture years is that in the midst of all the pocket stuffing, greed and corruption, we came to know of ordinary South Africans who held the line; who couldn’t be bought; who couldn’t be silenced and who refused to just let it go. They blew the whistle. The Whistleblower House, launched on Tuesday, aims to offer a holistic support ecosystem to those who lift the lid on corruption.
The High Court in Pretoria set aside her Report of 24 May 2019 regarding the approval of early retirement for Ivan Pillay in October 2010.
The court found the Public Protector acted irrationally, unlawfully and incorrigibly in ruling against Pravin Gordhan and Ivan Pillay.
The NPA has decided to withdraw charges against the supposed Sars Rogue Unit trio Ivan Pillay, Andries Janse Van Rensburg and Johan Van Loggerenberg.
President Cyril Ramaphosa secured a victory in his ongoing legal battle with the nation’s anti-graft ombudsman when the High Court suspended her directive that he discipline a cabinet member.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal has confirmed that minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan has a degree from the institution.
Pravin Gordhan cannot ignore them or he, (so the popular narrative goes), plays right into the Public Protector’s hands, or put more correctly, faces legal sanction.
We’ve published the Public Protector investigation report with Pravin Gordhan’s response. Plus the response from the man in the middle of it all, Ivan Pillay.
This story outlines the legal complexities and obligations of both the President and the Public Protector, ones which the courts will rule on.
After a R12m defamation gag was removed last week, former SARS spokesman Adrian Lackay tells us how a once proud institution was captured by forces of darkness.