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Making headlines: Zuma agrees to continue giving evidence at corruption inquiry, Mkhwebane finds Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament and violated the Constitution and, Jiba and Mrwebi have 10 days to tell Parliament why they should be reinstated

 

Zuma agrees to continue giving evidence at corruption inquiry

Former South African president Jacob Zuma agreed to continue giving evidence at the State capture commission of inquiry on Friday, withdrawing an earlier refusal to do so after his lawyers reached an agreement with lawyers for the inquiry.

Zuma had threatened to pull out of the inquiry because he said he was being questioned unfairly.

But Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo confirmed that an agreement had been reached and added that Zuma would provide written statements on areas of interest for the inquiry's legal team and would then return to the inquiry at a later stage.

 

Mkhwebane finds Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament and violated the Constitution

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said on Friday that President Cyril Ramaphosa abused his position and violated the executive ethics code by enriching himself when he accepted a R500 000 donation from Bosasa.

Bosasa is one of the companies at the centre of State capture allegations.

Mkhwebane released her report into the donation to Ramaphosa's campaign to become ANC president, at a media briefing in Pretoria on Friday.

The Public Protector found that the benefit to Ramaphosa was of a "material nature".

 

Jiba and Mrwebi have 10 days to tell Parliament why they should be reinstated

Fired senior prosecutors, Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi, have 10 working days to inform both houses of Parliament why they should be reinstated in their positions at the National Prosecuting Authority.

In April, President Cyril Ramaphosa fired the two after retired Constitutional Court Justice Yvonne Mokgoro recommended that he sack them from the NPA following an inquiry. 

Both Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces, are now tasked with reviewing Ramaphosa's decision. The question before them is not whether Jiba and Mrwebi should be fired, but whether they should be reinstated.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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