EMBATTLED Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has opened a crimen injuria and contempt case against Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria.
This follows Mbalula’s tweet over the weekend where he said Mkhwebane was ‘a hired gun and not a public protector’.
Mkhwebane said Mbalula was one of the few members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s executive she had complaints against.
Others are Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe.
Mkhwebane said she wrote to President Ramaphosa calling for action against them.
She said Mbalula was in violation of Section 181 (3) of the constitution of the republic.
Mkhwebane’s Spokesperson Oupa Segalwe said Mbalula as a minister must assist and protect Chapter 9 institutions.
“That section reads: Other organs of state, through legislative and other measures, must assist and protect these institutions to ensure the independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness of these institutions,” said
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