🏛 Parliament to begin the search for SA's new PublicProtector as Mkhwebane's term nears an end in October. Full story here ⬇
CEO, Thandi Sibanyoni told Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on Wednesday that the office will use surplus funds of about R4 million to pay Mkhwebane’s legal team.Sibanyoni said National Treasury gave the office the greenlight to use the funds, which were approved for the 2021/2022 financial year.
“There were court orders that were issued against us, the office itself, so we couldn’t even settle those bills. So, we had to postpone them to this financial year,” she said.
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