New Deputy Public Protector ‘a strong personality who stands her ground’

Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka has emerged from Parliament’s baptism of fire as the favourite for deputy Public Protector.

Barnard told City Press that she was not concerned about the backlash that followed her nomination because she believed that the 38-year-old “is a good and ethical leader with a wealth of experience”. In her letter of nomination to the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services, Barnard wrote that Gcaleka had more than 14 years of experience, eight of which were at senior management level, and that she had been involved in numerous social justice projects.

“Her experience in the implementation of solutions for these difficult and extremely challenging matters, together with her ability to take decisions on how and what matters to prioritise under pressure, particularly in the prosecution environment, will contribute to advancing the work of the office of the Public Protector,” Barnard wrote.Gcaleka has an LLB from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in commercial law at the University of Johannesburg.

Another colleague of Gcaleka in the NPA described her as having a strong personality, as someone who stood her ground in the face of serious resistance.

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