Busisiwe Mkhwebane clears Bathabile Dlamini of deliberately misleading parliament
The controversial public protector made the finding despite a scathing Constitutional Court judgment a year ago that found Dlamini’s conduct reckless and grossly negligent
02 October 2019 - 15:51
Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has cleared former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini of deliberately misleading parliament over the social grants debacle.
“Based on the information and evidence obtained during the investigation, I could not make a finding on the allegation that ... Dlamini deliberately or inadvertently misled the national assembly and contravened the executive ethics code, when she delivered her budget vote speech on May 4 2016,” Mkhwebane said at a briefing on Wednesday. ..
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