Media reports over the weekend stated that public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has brought an application to court to be allowed to draft narrowed terms for the Zondo inquiry into state capture. For what reason should the judge be constrained to hear her evidence?

Clearly, this is a rhetorical question. When Mkhwebane’s inadequate report on the Estina dairy scam is considered, the full picture is displayed. So her approach to the courts is nothing short of chutzpah by a government official who is already drowning in incompetence (and legal cost awards against her)...

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