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Public Protector's Confidence May Be Misplaced as Impeachment  Evidence Mounts

SOUTH AFRICA
  • Public Protector Mkhwebane says she is confident she will be cleared of all wrongdoing, despite the independent panel's evidence of incompetence and misconduct
  • PP faces three counts of perjury for lying in court in a legal review application of an ABSA Bankorp report about her meetings with ex-President Zuma
  • Says she will wait for parliamentary process & Court proceedings on the matter
  • This seems unlikely, given the many number of adverse court verdicts and lost cases she has incurred.
  • The odds are very much so stacked against her, but her removal may be a long process as the rules for removing a Chapter 9 official are newly-developed
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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