Presidency says she will remain on suspension until impeachment process is over
Public protector responds within minutes citing ‘farmgate’ and the president’s former mining partner GlencoreBusisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: TEBOGO LETSIE
In her reply Mkhwebane quoted scripture. She added “do not be deflected” and used hashtags for mining company Glencore and “farmgate” in reference to a 2020 theft at Ramaphosa’s farm. Ramaphosa is a former Glencore partner who divested his interest in 2014. Mkhwebane is the first person to head a Chapter Nine institution to face an impeachment vote. Ramaphosa has accorded Mkhwebane sufficient time and opportunity to make submissions and has taken into account “the nature of the public protector’s office and his own constitutional obligations”, a statement from his office said.
Ramaphosa’s decision came despite Mkhwebane’s attempts to litigate to prevent her suspension. Judgment from the Western Cape High Court in which she is urgently seeking an interim interdict preventing her suspension is set to be handed down on Friday. Though a number of steps have been taken to investigate the possible impeachment of Mkhwebane, she argued in court that, in law, the “proceedings” proper had not yet begun. On Wednesday the public protector confirmed that her office is investigating a complaint against Ramaphosa related to his “alleged conduct in respect of allegations of criminal activities at one of his properties”.
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