Thuli Madonsela defends use of consultants for state capture report
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela on Thursday defended the use of consultants to compile her state capture report. This drew some criticism when her replacement‚ Busisiwe Mkhwebane, on Wednesday told Parliament that PwC was used to help complete the controversial document, which President Jacob Zuma and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen do not want released. Madonsela said of Mkhwebane being quizzed on her report that: "Firstly‚ it was unfair on her to be expected to defend someone else’s report." Mkhwebane’s appearance in Parliament was to present her new office’s annual report for the 2015-16 financial year. Madonsela also said it was not for politicians to question how she compiled the report. "On the issue of consultants. it is purely at the discretion of the public protector‚ it is not for Parliament or anyone to tell the public protector how to do her work. The public protector has discretion to decide how to deploy resources‚" she t...
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