Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's advocate Dali Mpofu claims she did not know the 'brilliant' Paul Ngobeni was not an advocate when her office paid for legal opinions and judiciary-bashing articles from the 'fugitive from justice'.
Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's advocate Dali Mpofu claims his client did not know the"brilliant" Paul Ngobeni was not an advocate when her office paid for legal opinions and judiciary-bashing articles from the"fugitive from justice".
This is despite testimony from Public Protector legal services manager Neels van der Merwe that Mkhwebane had specifically asked him for the file that informed then Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s 2012 finding that Ngobeni was a fugitive. Van der Merwe said Mkhwebane wanted that file because Ngobeni required certain documentation for his ongoing litigation to be admitted as a legal practitioner – meaning that, at least at some stage, she knew that he was not allowed to practise law.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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