Public protector’s ‘professional and consulting fees’ under spotlight in probe
MPs hear that Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office spent more than R146m on legal fees alone
08 September 2022 - 16:08
Parliament’s committee inquiring about advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office has heard her office spent almost R159m on “professional and consulting fees” from 2016 until the end of the 2022 financial year.
Of that, more than R146m was spent on legal fees, said evidence leader advocate Nazreen Bawa, who presented a schedule of the office’s court cases when the committee resumed on Thursday...
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