Pretoria - Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana has handed a report on deputy president Jacob Zuma's alleged breach of the executive ethics code to President Thabo Mbeki, his office said on Monday.

It also confirmed it had received two complaints about an off-the-record briefing which national director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka had with a number of black editors and senior journalists.

The complainants were City Press editor Vusi Mona and businessman Brett Kebble.

Both complaints appeared to fall within the extended mandate of the Hefer Commission, said Mbeki's office.

The commission, headed by retired Judge Joos Hefer, is investigating claims including that Ngcuka was an apartheid government spy and that Justice Minister Penuell Maduna was involved in corruption and favouritism.

Mona's and Kebble's complaints, with all relevant documentation, would be forwarded to the commission, said the public protector.

The Zuma investigation followed a request by Democratic Alliance chief whip Douglas Gibson that the protector should probe whether Zuma had declared money he had allegedly received from businessmen.

"The report containing the findings was handed to President Mbeki on October 12," said Mbeki's office.

In terms of the Executive Members' Ethics Act, the president must table the report and his comments on it in the national assembly within 14 days.

The public protector would not make the findings known before that had happened, said the president's office.

With acknowledgements to Sapa and News24.