PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has not answered outgoing Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s questions on state capture and is instead pushing for the matter to be deferred to Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane.Madonsela’s office confirmed late on Thursday that she had met with Zuma, that the meeting was cordial, but "the president’s legal representative argued that the investigation be deferred to the incoming public protector, who he advised had been announced today [on Thursday] ... on the grounds that there wasn’t enough time to conclude the matter properly and that there was no reason for the investigation to be prioritised".But Mkhwebane, who insists she will not be serving anyone’s agenda, on Thursday told 702 in an interview that she would prioritise old investigations.Madonsela is seeing out the end of her seven-year nonrenewable term and has previously said she will draw up a preliminary report on the state capture investigation.She met Zuma in Pretoria on Thursday, the same day he confirmed Mkh...
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