Mkhwebane intent on destroying Public Protector’ office, veteran official tells Parliament
Yet another damning disclosure concerning Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s conduct has been made to Parliament, piling pressure on her ahead of lawmakers’ probe into her fitness to hold office.
Sphelo Samuel, the head of the Public Protector office in the Free State, is the latest official to submit an affidavit to Parliament, becoming the most senior staff member in Mkhwebane’s administration to do so to date.
He submitted the affidavit [link] to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise on February 11, 2020, asking that Parliament investigate Mkhwebane’s conduct and also the operations of her office.
Samuel has worked for the office for nearly two decades, having held senior positions for most of that time, and now accuses Mkhwebane of mismanagement and other misconduct, including in her handling of the politically sensitive Vrede dairy farm investigation.