Evidence leaders for Section 194 concludes taking Committee through documentary evidence
19 April 2023
The Evidence Leaders for the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office yesterday wrapped up their task of contextualising the documentary evidence before the Committee by taking the Committee through various court judgements in a bid to assist members with their task of assessing the charges of misconduct and incompetence against the PP.
The committee was taken through evidence related to a charge of misconduct against the PP on her investigation into the South African Reserve Bank matter and subsequent failure by the South African Government to recover funds from ABSA Bank.
Evidence leaders also took the committee through evidence in relation to the misconduct charge on the part of the PP during her investigations into the Vrede Dairy Project in respect of which the motion alleges she narrowed the scope of the investigation.
The Committee also dealt with court judgements on the Pillay pension matter which included criticism of the PP’s findings on the qualifications of former South African Revenue Services deputy commissioner, Ivan Pillay.