DA wants Mkhwebane out before she walks aways with a taxpayer-funded R10m paycheck
24 August 2023
It's scandalous that from the start of the process, suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has employed various delaying tactics to avoid impeachment before her term ends in mid-October.
Her aim is to secure a "gratuity" of about R10 million she will receive when she completes her term by ensuring she is not impeached before then.
These delaying tactics included launching court challenges, calling irrelevant witnesses, seeking recusals, changing lawyers, and filibustering during committee proceedings.
It would be a public outrage if someone who significantly harmed the Office of the Public Protector could escape unscathed and receive a substantial final payment at taxpayers' expense through deliberately avoiding accountability.