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Dyantyi again reiterates that the committee had nothing to do with Mkhwebane's suspension."We are not a suspending body", he says.
He stresses that the committee has a specific mandate - to carry out a section 194 investigation into Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office. He says he will respond to the concerns raised by Mpofu on Tuesday morning, but says witness evidence will begin on Tuesday. Dyantyi adds that Mkhwebane's challenge to her suspension"will not interfere with our work". The hearing is adjourned.Dyantyi now tracks the history of the inquiry into Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office.Mpofu says the fact that the Public Protector's investigations against Ramaphosa continue is irrelevant to the allegations of bias against the President.
Comment: Ironically, Mpofu was part of a JG Zuma Foundation press conference that criticised the Zondo commission on the basis that Zuma did not appoint its chairperson.Mpofu says Ramaphosa has been accused of bias in relation to Mkhwebane's report on CR17 and suspended Mkhwebane a day after she asked Ramaphosa 31 questions about the 2020 burglary at his Phala-Phala farm.
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