Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is adamant no one can withhold any information from her - but has yet to address accusations her possession of a classified report, which she used to recommend that Pravin Gordhan be prosecuted, was a crime.
Mkhwebane's viewpoint that she is entitled to any information she wants has been roundly rejected by the Constitutional Court, which found the Public Protector did not have the legal power to subpoena former president Jacob Zuma's tax records, as legislation protected taxpayer confidentiality.
But, in her fourth day of testimony before the section 194 committee tasked with investigating her fitness to hold office, Mkhwebane insisted that - as a Chapter 9 institution tasked with supporting"constitutional democracy" - the Public Protector should be given any information it asked for.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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