Madonsela suspects Zuma, SSA involvement in Mkhwebane tension - report
Cape Town - Former public protector Thuli Madonsela says she suspects that President Zuma and the State Security Agency (SSA) could be involved in some of the ongoing tensions between herself and her successor, a report says.
Madonsela told eNCA in a recorded interview on Saturday that the current spat with her successor Busisiwe Mkhwebane over deductions to her pension may be a result of interference from the President, the State Security Agency, or both.
"I have no evidence, but I suspect that either President Zuma or people linked to him are behind what's happening at the Public Protector's office," she told the broadcaster.
"I have no evidence, but I suspect that the State Security Agency is behind some of the things that happened in my office before the [new] Public Protector was appointed and what has happened since then."
Madonsela has said previously that money was illegally deducted from her pension since leaving office last year, reportedly as a result of costs incurred by an accident her son was involved in while driving a state vehicle and her continued use of the vehicle after her term ended.