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Making headlines: Acting Public Protector assures ATM her office will probe Ramaphosa 'without undue delay', Solidarity calls on the private sector to apply for energy generation permits en masse and, Boris Johnson says no one is indispensable in politics, as he resigns

 

Acting Public Protector assures ATM her office will probe Ramaphosa 'without undue delay'

Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has reassured the African Transformation Movement that her office is committed to finalising its investigation without undue delay into allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa violated the executive ethics code.

The allegations stem from the theft of millions of undeclared US dollars stashed in furniture at Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in Limpopo.

The Public Protector's office has invited ATM president Vuyolwethu Zungula to join a virtual meeting "to outline the investigation process" that the office follows.

This comes after the ATM indicated last week that it was "taking legal advice on whether to bring an urgent application to set aside" what it describes as "the potentially unlawful and secret deal between Ramaphosa and Gcaleka" for the extension of his deadline to answer 31 questions Gcaleka's predecessor, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, asked before she was suspended.

 

Solidarity calls on the private sector to apply for energy generation permits en masse

Trade union Solidarity’s Research Institute has said the only viable and sustainable solution to South Africa’s escalating electricity crisis is for small independent power producers to immediately flood the market on a large scale.

The trade union believes that through a concerted effort by the private sector to invest in IPP capability, the country’s energy crisis could be resolved within months.

However, such a strategy would require a government that was willing to act and remove all red tape and bottlenecks, it said.

Solidarity was planning to submit a Parliamentary petition to get any possible obstacles or barriers out of the way.

 

Boris Johnson says no one is indispensable in politics, as he resigns

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tendered his resignation today following the mass resignation of 59 MPs who said they had lost confidence in his leadership.

Johnson has been Prime Minister from July 2019 following his position as London Mayor between 2008 and 2016.

The MPs have publicly asked for him to step down to save what was left of the Conservative Party brand.

Addressing international media and some of his MPs outside Number 10 Downing Street, Johnson said it is the will of the Conservative Party MPs that there should be a new leader.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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