Mkhwebane reports ministers to speaker for 'blistering attacks'
18 October 2019
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane reported members of the executive responsible for "blistering attacks" on her office to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise.
She told the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on Friday that the attacks were in contravention of the Constitution. She did not name the ministers.
Mkhwebane revealed this to MPs while presenting her office's annual report for the 2018/2019 financial year, in which it received an unqualified audit with findings.
"...In contravention of sections 181(3) and (4) of the Constitution, my office has been at the receiving end of one blistering attack from senior members of the executive arm of government, who are also members of Parliament. Unsubstantiated accusations that I am beholden to a faction of the governing party have largely underpinned these attacks. We have reported these to the speaker," her presentation to the committee read.