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Constitutional Court Approves Inquiry into Public Protector's Fitness for Office

SOUTH AFRICA
  • The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Parliamentary inquiry into the fitness to hold office by the Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is valid. She is however entitled to legal representation.
  • This is an important development that has been on the backburner for a number of months with a number of parties trying to remove the public protector over perjury charges and numerous accusations of fabricated evidence in various cases
  • Mkhwebane has been a key source of interference for the RET faction agains Ramaphosa and his top officials, using various cases to distract the president from achieving his reform goals
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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