📨Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s latest bid to return to office has failed, with her term set to end in less than 4 months. busisiwemkhwebane TheCitizenNews Read the story⬇️
She then filed an application with the ConCourt, which was opposed by Ramaphosa, the Democratic Alliance and National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.In a unanimous judgment, Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya said the apex court found that there was a rational reason for the precautionary suspension of Mkhwebane.
Maya said the court was of the view that the Public Protector’s suspension would have allowed her to focus on her defence in the“It cannot be said that the president’s decision to suspend her was irrational even if there were other rational causes open to him,” she said in delivering the judgment.
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