I'm not here to defend Zuma - Public Protector
1 December 2016
Cape Town - Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says her job is not to protect President Jacob Zuma, and that he will be probed if his actions amount to misconduct.
She defended a complaint she lodged with police over the leaking of audio clips of three interviews, one of them between Zuma and her predecessor Thuli Madonsela, linked to the State of Capture report.
"If the president has committed misconduct or there is a service failure from the president, the president will be investigated," Mkhwebane said from the sidelines of a community meeting in Khayelitsha on Thursday.
"I am here to defend and to implement the Constitution. And I need to categorically state, the Constitution provides for the rights of everyone.