Perjury case ‘beginning of the end’ for Mkhwebane as public protector, says Accountability Now

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The odds are stacked against Mkhwebane given the perjury case, an investigation by the Legal Practice Council over her fitness for office and the pending parliamentary impeachment process.

“This postponement today [Thursday] is the beginning of the end for the public protector,” Hoffman toldALSO READ:Accountability Now was the organisation that laid a criminal complaint of perjury against Mkhwebane with the Hawks.

Hoffman said he hoped that Mkhwebane would take this time to reflect on her tenure as the public protector “given all of these procedures against her that are coming down the line”. Mkhwebane’s lawyer, advocate Dali Mpofu, indicated to the court that they would challenge the prosecution for perjury on the grounds that the case was “frivolous and contrived”. Hoffman said it was up to the National Prosecuting Authority to defend its case.

Hoffman said he believed that the discussions Mkhwebane had with Zuma were about using her report as an excuse to change the mandate of the Reserve Bank.

 

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