New public protector shares MP's 'distaste' for the term 'state capture'
New Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has told parliament that she intends doing things differently to her predecessor, Thuli Madonsela. She has promised to do away with donor funding of her office, employing consultants and using catchy titles for her reports. The ANC-dominated parliamentary portfolio committee on justice appeared to favour her approach. Its chairman, Mathole Motshekga, said he liked her "refreshing approach". Mkhwebane told MPs that she shared the distaste of some of them for the term "state capture". Analysts said this stance could be used by sections of the ANC to discredit Madonsela's state-capture report. Mkhwebane was making her maiden appearance in parliament for her office's presentation of its 2015-2016 annual report. Many MPs expressed shock on learning that the public protector's office had received funding from USAid totalling $500000 (R6.5-million), saying it threatened the independence of the office. Mkhwebane said donor funding would no longer be w...
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