Busisiwe Mkhwebane has gone to police about leaking of Absa report
The public protector chided journalists for publishing a report on the Bankorp bail-out, saying it had damaged her office in the eyes of the public — and whistle-blowers
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has opened a criminal case in relation to the leaking of the draft report into the apartheid-era Reserve Bank bail-out of Bankorp. Mkhwebane said on Thursday that she had asked police to "get to the bottom" of the leak. The draft report, leaked last month, concluded that Absa should repay R2.25bn to the fiscus for the bail-out of Bankorp between 1985 and 1991. Absa acquired Bankorp in 1992. While a 2000 investigation by Judge Dennis Davis found Absa had paid for the continued assistance in the purchase price, the CIEX report, on which the public protector relied, found that billions were recoverable from Absa.
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