President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane with immediate effect.
The president had given Mkhwebane until May 26 to give him reasons why she should not be suspended. In a statement the following day, she gave her reasons “under protest”, she said.
Though a number of steps have been taken to investigate the possible impeachment of Mkhwebane, she had argued in court that, in law, the “proceedings” had not yet begun. The statement from the office of the public protector said that she gets “a lot of unfair criticism” when it came to investigations under the executive code of ethics, with “some media organisations and politicians often accusing the office of ‘targeting’ certain members of the executive and getting involved in party politics”.
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