Late on Monday, a photograph presented by evidence leaders showed that Section 194 inquiry witness Sphelo Samuel, Free State head of the Public Protector, had, indeed, been present at a 2017 site inspection at the Vrede Dairy farm with Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
All day, the suspended Mkhwebane’s legal representative, Advocate Dali Mpofu, reminded Samuel during cross-examination that the PP denied Samuel had ever been present, that she did not remember him and that his version “should be dismissed with contempt”.
Mpofu had consistently told the committee that no evidence existed of the meeting or any other communication between the witness and his client as the “Vrede” investigation file sent to the PP head office had sinceThe photograph was introduced by evidence leader Advocate Ncumisa Mayosi after the lunch break, leading Mpofu to charge that he had been “ambushed”.
“My own photographs excluded me because I was taking them. These photographs were sent to me by someone else who was also there.”
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