No bad blood between Madonsela and me, says Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
Mkhwebane says she does not want to become engaged in a public spat with her predecessor
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane harbours no ill against her predecessor‚ Thuli Madonsela‚ and does not want to become engaged in a public spat with her. In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Sunday‚ Mkhwebane’s office said she respected Madonsela and was grateful to her for the "admirable contribution" she made to South Africa’s democracy during her term of office. However‚ it said it Mkhwebane was disappointed at what it referred to as the "peddling" of false information that was doing the rounds in the public domain‚ suggesting that the decision to withhold a portion of Madonsela’s gratuity pay-out was "informed by antagonism". "As indicated at a press conference to report on the achievements recorded during her first 100 days in office in the past week‚ a legal opinion has been sought from the office of the State Attorney to clarify if indeed Adv Madonsela is liable for the costs associated with fixing the damages a state car entrusted to her sustained in a 2012 accid...
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