Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s first 100 days draws mixed reaction
Stakeholders complain the new Public Protector is too closeted and overprotective of Zuma’s legacy
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s first 100 days in office has drawn a mixed reaction from stakeholders. Thuli Madonsela’s successor met most of the criteria to head SA’s most trusted office‚ and enjoyed significant support across political parties when she took office. Mkhwebane was strongly backed by the ANC. MPs noted she was a woman with seven years’ experience as an investigator in the Office of the Public Protector. She was among five candidates shortlisted from 14 for the post. She was selected over Judge Siraj Desai‚ Prof Bongani Majola‚ Muvhango Lukhaimane and Sharise Weiner. "It’s a superficial perception that one has at this time but I think she has really been struggling to find her direction between the obvious pressures on her to counter Thuli Madonsela’s legacy‚ pressures on her to help resurrect the president and obviously the Absa saga goes into that category as well‚" said Prof Suzan Booysen from the Wits School of Governance. Booysen described Mkhwebane as an ...
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