The big news from Parliament this week will be of a financial nature, as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will table the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on Wednesday. | gerbjan
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Will this be the week that the evidence leaders of the Section 194 inquiry into Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness for office finally get to call their final witness and lead more evidence on the Office of the Public Protector's legal services spending? Before that can happen, the inquiry must first clear another hurdle put in the way by Mkhwebane's team.
First, there was an application from Mkhwebane for the recusal of the committee chairperson, ANC MP Qubudile Dyantyi, and DA MP Kevin Mileham. Then UDM leader Bantu Holomisa – a staunch supporter of Mkhwebane – brought an application for the recusal of the evidence leader, advocate Nazreen Bawa SC.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.