ANC INTERNAL POLITICS
How double standard underpins handling of Moyane and Mkhwebane cases
In the same week as Cabinet went for the jugular of suspended South African Revenue Service boss Tom Moyane, the justice portfolio committee treated errant Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane with kid gloves. She was given a "fair" opportunity to respond to the justified complaint by the DA that she is incompetent. No date has been specified for her to respond, leaving the DA to complain, in the words of its shadow justice minister: "What is unfortunate ... is that the chairperson and the ANC refused to commit to firm deadlines for advocate Mkhwebane’s submissions. "Instead, South Africans have now been left with a flimsy commitment that she will be afforded a ‘reasonable time’ by which she will be expected to respond to the submissions against her. "This is yet another delaying tactic ostensibly to protect the patently compromised public protector from being held to account. The DA will now ensure Mkhwebane submits her responses to the committee as soon as possible. The DA will con...
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