Suspended PP’s litigation arrows fired at strange bedfellows in ConCourt

President’s advocate argues the timing of the PP’s suspension was not retaliatory to the Phala Phala questions but rather a ‘twist of fate’

24 November 2022 - 18:28 By TANIA BROUGHTON

An “extraordinary twist of fate” — and not retaliation — was behind the timing of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s suspension of public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, just two days after she sent him 31 questions over his Phala Phala farm incident...

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