Lerato Mbhiza
The Final Report of the multiparty Section 194 Committee looking into suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office has been adopted.
The majority of the parties the ANC, DA, IFP and FF Plus supported her removal from office with the exception of the EFF, who said they will take it on review. The ATM also rejected the report and said it will back any party that takes it to court.
After the suspended Public Protector missed her deadline to respond to a draft report about her fitness to hold office, the multi-party committee decided enough was enough and denied her request for an extension and voted to adopt the report, signaling their support for her removal.
Mkhwebane has already been found guilty by the committee on four counts of misconduct and incompetence, confirming findings by an independent panel, which had probed her fitness to hold office
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