TRENDING: Protect us from this public quarrel
War of words between Madonsela and Mkhwebane could get even uglier
The battle between former public protector Thuli Madonsela and her successor Busisiwe Mkhwebane is in danger of spiralling into an ugly public spectacle. This being the post-fact era, you can choose one of two narratives. Supporters of Madonsela say she was such a political threat to President Jacob Zuma and his friends in business that she had to be replaced with a puppet and demonised so that her State of Capture report would be buried. That report outlined relationships between Zuma and the Gupta family but it did not reach a conclusion, saying that the president should appoint a commission of inquiry to complete the investigative work. Madonsela’s decision to issue the report in her last week in office, rather than hand it over to her successor, strongly suggests that she had little faith that Mkhwebane would continue with the investigation.
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