And The Beat Goes On: Lobby Group Lays Complaint Against Mkhwebane... At Public Protector Office

Riyaz Patel

Anti-corruption pressure group Accountability Now has laid charges of perjury and defeating the ends of justice against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane; and, simultaneously, lodged a maladministration complaint against her with the very office she heads.

The group reportedly sent a letter of complaint to the Office of the Public Protector (OPP) and laid a criminal complaint with the police, which included a supporting affidavit from Accountability Now director, Paul Hoffman, SC.

Paul Hoffman, a director at Accountability Now, said the matter is now with SAPS and it may soon be up to NPA to prosecute Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. #Mkhwebane #BusisiweMkhwebane #PublicProtectorMkhwebane https://t.co/Ua5plvn6Zi
— Current Affairs ZA (@zacurrentaffair) August 6, 2019

“The criminal complaint has been given Ocean View CAS no 09/08/2019 and will be investigated by the Hawks in Pretoria. As she cannot investigate herself, the maladministration complaint will have to be investigated by her deputy (Kevin