News24 reports that Busisiwe Mkhwebane has become the first Public Protector to be removed from her post. The National Assembly voted on Monday, with 318 votes for her removal and 43 against her removal, thus achieving the required two-thirds majority.
This followed an arduous Section 194 impeachment process, which culminated last month in several findings against her. The Section 194 Committee found her guilty of misconduct and incompetence and recommended her removal. The charges drew on Mkhwebane's conduct during the investigations, as well as the subsequent litigation, which resulted in scathing findings against her. The committee found her guilty of misconduct on all four charges, with the ANC, DA, IFP, FF Plus and ACDP supporting her removal. The EFF, UDM, ATM and Al Jamah-ah were opposed to it. The Section 194 process was characterised by Mkhwebane's war of attrition with the committee. Ever-litigious, Mkhwebane has indicated that she intends to take the committee's report on judicial review. Her term would have expired on 14 October, at which time she would have qualified for a gratuity of around R10 million.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jan Gerber & Karyn Maughan at News24
- Read too, Parliament removes suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, at TimesLIVE
- En ook, Mkhwebane kry die trekpas as OB, by Maroela Media
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