Johnathan Paoli
Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been impeached after a National Assembly majority voted for her removal from office in Cape Town on Monday, with 318 votes, with only 43 votes against and one abstaining.
Mkhwebane’s impeachment stands out because it is the first time in a democratic South Africa that the head of a Chapter 9 Institution has been removed.
Due to the Constitution’s lack of specificity on how the removal should be dealt with, Parliament has had to develop its own rules for the process.
The meeting comes after the Section 194 Committee’s report submission to the National Assembly, recommending that Mkhwebane be removed for incompetence and misconduct.
The MPs met in person at the Cape Town City Hall to vote via roll call and they were required to verbally dictate their vote, following the Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s rejection of the ATM and UDM’s request for
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