Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane speaks at an event.
“If we were to go court, we will go to court make no mistake from that. We will not shake from those responsibilities. So nobody must think that we can be easily intimidated by these repetitive statements that this is the fourth or fifth, or the sixth or hundred application.” The majority of the committee rejected the removal application saying this is the sixth time the inquiry was being stalled through postponement applications or interdicts.
“This application much like preceding applications is another veiled attempt to stall and delay the committee from reaching its conclusion. And holding advocate Mkhwebane accountable,” says DA MP Dr Mimmy Gondwe. The Committee Chairperson Qubudile Dyantyi announces the verdict. “Basically ten members of that twelve, there was unanimity on the issue of this application of the public protector not meeting any threshold, bears no relevance to the work that we are doing and that there is no way we can accede to it and therefore this application must be dismissed and rejected.”
Dali Mpofu is buying time for delinquent Busisiwe Mkhwebane's contract as PublicProtector to lapse. August 2023 is around the corner. DELAY TACTIC...