"Concourt ruling will have long term implications on the office of the Public Protector" Commentator, Khaya Sithole

The Constitutional Court says the personal costs orders constitute an essential, constitutionally-infused mechanism to ensure that the conduct of public representatives does not fall egregiously short of what is required of them. This was said during a judgement by the court following an application by the public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to have the Constitutional Court to reverse the Pretoria high court personal costs order against her for an estimated R900,000