Public Protector clarifies incorrect media reports
28 November 2016
Public Protector Adv. Busisiwe Mkhwebane has noted with sadness a report carried in the Sunday Times newspaper on 27 November 2016, alleging that she has pressed charges against her predecessor.
According to the article, the basis for the “charges” is the alleged leak of an audio recording of a meeting between her predecessor and President Jacob Zuma, which was held as part of the so-called “State Capture” investigation.
The article, under the headline “Zuma guns for Thuli”, also claimed that Ms Vytjie Mentor was among the aggrieved persons that approached the Public Protector over the alleged leaking of the recordings of the meetings with the former Public Protector as part of the investigation.
It is not true that Adv. Mkhwebane laid charges against her predecessor. Instead, she opened a case at the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria, requesting an investigation into the alleged leaks to establish if they amount to a breach of section 7(2) of the Public Protector Act.