The majority of members of parliament’s justice committee voted against the party’s proposal to remove Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: ESA ALEXANDER
According to a report adopted by the committee on Tuesday, section 194 of the constitution and section 2 of the Public Protector Act of 1994 envisage a factual inquiry into the fitness of the public protector. In her report, Mkhwebane ordered the Special Investigating Unit to reopen its earlier investigation into the lifeboat granted to Bankorp “in order to recover misappropriated public funds unlawfully given to Absa Bank in the amount of R1.125bn”.
The DA labelled the report a whitewash, saying Mkhwebane had failed to investigate politicians implicated in the debacle.“As such, we believe that it would be premature for removal proceedings to be instituted against the public protector. After careful consideration, the committee has concluded not to support the request [by the DA],” said Mothapo.
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