Section 194 inquiry looms for Commission for Gender Equality boss Mbuyiselo Botha

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The National Assembly is expected to consider an independent panel’s recommendation that Botha face removal from the CGE, after derogatory remarks about a fellow commissioner’s albinism during a virtual meeting.

CAPE TOWN - Parliament is gearing up to start yet another Section 194 inquiry, less than a year after removing Busisiwe Mkhwebane as Public Protector through the same process.

But this time, Commission for Gender Equality commissioner Mbuyiselo Botha faces removal for derogatory remarks about a fellow commissioner’s albinism during a virtual meeting.The National Assembly is now expected to consider an independent panel’s recommendation that Botha face removal from the CGE, a Chapter 9 institution.He was suspended in 2021 after allegedly breaching the commissioners’ confidentiality code and code of conduct.

"In these, it is alleged that in a plenary meeting held by the member of CGE, he made certain utterances which were derogatory and defamatory against fellow commissioners." Botha will now face a full-on Section 194 inquiry before its findings go to President Cyril Ramaphosa to decide on Botha's removal.

 

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