Another legal blow for Mkhwebane: Judge blasts public protector over flawed, unlawful report

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Mkhwebane's decision not to hear Msibi was based on her incorrect application of the law.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane in the dock at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court, appearing on charges of perjury on 21 January 2021. Picture: Neil McCartney

In a judgment delivered by the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, Acting Judge Livhuwani Vuma was particularly scathing on Mkhwebane’s failure to hear Msibi’s side of the story before releasing her adverse preliminary findings against him. Mkhwebane also found that Msibi’s appointment of senior counsels, or advocates, to handle disciplinary processes – which did not require such high levels of expertise – amounted to irregular expenditure and that he improperly approved excessive payments to his bodyguards.But the acting judge scolded the way the public protector conducted the investigation. Vuma said Msibi was denied his right to be heard, especially because the remedial actions were detrimental on his part.

 

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South Africa deserves a capable and neutral PP. The problem is that the most vulnerable people cannot afford taking PP reports on review if an error has been made. Thus means injustices are left unchallenged. This defeats the purpose of having the PP office.

I believe those who say she is just an RET stooge and not a public protector. Even a first year student would do better.

RET public protector. An Advocate with a brurred vision and misdion. In Afrikaans Advojaak met hoigklappe

Perceived to be in bad space- by who

How the hell is she still employed

My word! I'm so surprised... 🤣🤣🤣

'Her incorrect application of the law' How much do we pay this Public Protector? Because that amount is wasteful and fruitless expenditure 🤦🏾

She is a Zuma supporter.

Look to the positives of this. Once she it out the PP's office the only people that will hire her will be the RET squad, and then they will lose every case!!

What else can we expect from people who sell books for Jacob Zuma?

Imagine having this woman running your company

This useless woman did she buy her law degree

Not surprising at all, we still waiting another blow after investigating Ramapopo

All courts are pro Ramaphosa

Mkhwebane is useless, she doesn't understand the law, can't interpret the law and she can't apply the law. People owned by the Guptas are stupid and useless

Idiot

7 wasted years

Why does she keep embarrassing herself like these for Zuma

Another blow is on the way with yet another frivolous RET inspired investigation on Ramaphosa apparently flouting the Executive members ethics code.

Am i missing something?Is the PP not having investigators compiling reports and she just signs them off? Or like her boss JZ,she hates whats in the report she just changes the part she hates and never bothers with supporting evidence?Why for love of country,is she still in office

She can't protect herself; what is she doing trying to protect the public?

Why she’s still a Public Protector is very mind boggling. This country is a joke.

Worst Public Protector ever!

Unsealed CR17

I give up,is she really an advocate

Constitutional delinquent protector

Incompetency on steroids

Mervin Dirks complaint with the PP is another reason for the sharpening of the knives against the PP. Rulings in her favor is most unlikely - because she's not a member of the elitist-classist Ramsphosa inner circle. The SA judiciary is perceived to be in a bad space.

Why is she still in the position. Cyril please explain

She must be charged with treason for deliberately wasting tax payers money…! Time and time again. She know she doesn’t stand a chance in any court. Absolutely shameless. PublicProtector

Yesterday the office of PP announced that it has receive a complain about Cyril nd it investigating it, then today a court judgment is released against her 🙊🙊🙊

How much longer must SA tax payers continue to waste money on this PP. Can someone Dinan exercise as to the total cost of this particular case ...

She is a disgrace to advocate.

Bendizokhalala mna ndishiye nalo office yabo,nxa 🙈

Flop after flop 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hhey suster, do you really have a law degree?

When will this useless character be kicked out. She obviously does not know what she is doing. We need another Thuli

The Mkhwebane woman is a joke

No surprise there...

I wonder what will be her speech at the end of her office term .

KhofuMoahloli How many has she lost already

Escort_emmanuel Nobody tells them that/ they’re nothing but the rubbish bin material

👏👏👏🤝🤌

Ret and L's...🙄🙄

KhofuMoahloli That woman is a bluff really

If it's North Gauteng High Court, then it was expected

She always deny affected people right to put their stories.PublicProtector why can't you afford affected people chance?

We don't recognize the Pretoria High Court. It belongs to white people and their puppet cyril

This administration just knows how to waste taxpayers money

Because all courts are told not to accept her recommendation

Is it still newsworthy? We know where media n judges stand on Mkhwebane

This is surprising news indeed.

errolbsk thick-skinned; how does anybody stand in front of courts to only always have the doors slammed in their face...., again and again; the right people for the right jobs....

PublicProtector please resign.

She's used by glueless people who want to avoid prosecution but she's chasing a wild goose

We'll see a lot of this from the judiciary since the PP is investigating Ranko

We knew she was a hopeless thing

RET brigades will cry fowl again and swear at the 'biased' judiciary as their PP is consistently keeping her losing streak.

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