At the impeachment inquiry into the embattled, suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the focus shifted to an SMS that was presented by evidence leaders.
The disappointment in Futana Tebele’s voice was evident when, at the close of testimony in the Section 194, evidence leader Ncumisa Mayosi entered a screenshot of an SMS into the bundle.
Tebele, a senior manager in executive support at the Office of the Public Protector denied there was a “culture of fear” that pervaded the workspace and sketched Mkhwebane as a driven leader, determined to see outcomes, particularly in the backlog of cases. The team of evidence leaders had provided Tebele with a copy of the message earlier in the day, said Mayosi, “but he might not have looked at his phone”.It did not take long after the tea break for Advocate Dali Mpofu, acting for Mkhwebane, to suggest that sending the witness the message had been an attempt by evidence leaders to “shake” Thebele’s belief in the PP.
When asked by Mayosi whether the substance of investigations had been discussed at these meetings, Thebe said they had. He had also met with the Quality Assurance Team , headed by Isaac Matlawe who were part of Mkhwebane’s “task team”.
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