Phuti Mosomane
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee has on Tuesday recommended Adv Kholeka Gcaleka as the next Public Protector (PP).
Gcaleka has been acting as the Public Protector for over a year since the suspension of Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane and she is also the Deputy Public Protector.
The Chairperson of the committee Cyril Xaba, said the committee agreed on Tuesday morning to first eliminate the names of five candidates it deemed less suitable for the position from the list of eight candidates it interviewed last week.
“Members of the committee were unanimous about which five candidates should be eliminated in the first round.
“Once this was completed, they then extensively deliberated further on the remaining three candidates – Adv Tseliso Thipanyane, Adv Muvhango Lukhaimane and Adv Gcaleka,” said Xaba.
After much deliberation, the committee was left with one candidate.
“Adv Gcaleka received the most support – seven of the 11 members
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