EDITORIAL | After all her chicanery, Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s removal is a relief

At long last the former public protector has been removed and we can now move forward

11 September 2023 - 21:04

It is over for Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane after many years of Stalingrad tactics. The National Assembly on Monday voted in favour of adopting the section 194 inquiry’s recommendation that suspended public protector Mkhwebane be permanently removed from office. She now has the dubious honour of being the first head of a constitutional chapter 9 office to be impeached...

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