Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's legal team said Friday effectively marked the end of the road for it as her office had indicated on March 1 it would no longer pay her legal fees after March 31.
“We had hoped between March 1 and now there would be some miracle which would resolve the impasse caused by the letter of the acting public protector, advocate Gcaleka, that they would no longer be able fund her legal team,” Mkhwebane's counsel Dali Mpofu told the committee conducting a section 194 inquiry into her fitness to hold office.not been able to give her legal team further instructions to continue beyond this point.
“We are going to leave this meeting public protector with the understanding ... and in the light of what I had indicated there has to be urgent mitigating measures to deal with the risk that you have. We will be back here on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to conclude the part with your legal team, and thereafter get to evidence leaders and the members,” Dyantyi said.
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