EFF sorry it gave Busisiwe Mkhwebane benefit of the doubt as public protector
Julius Malema says his EFF party is looking at ways of rescuing the public protector’s office and regrets backing the appointment of "a puppet from the Gupta kitchen"
23 January 2017 - 14:18
EFF leader Julius Malema says his party regrets supporting Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s appointment as public protector. "We looking at some way of rescuing that office," he told reporters in Johannesburg on Monday when asked if he still supported Mkhwebane, who succeeded Thuli Madonsela in October. "We just took a puppet from the Gupta kitchen and planted her there. She’s proving without fail that she was sent there to destroy that office."
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