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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