'She doesn't work for us,' Public Protector's office says after Mkhwebane announces her return to work

The Office of the Public Protector says Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is not its employee.

The office said Mkhwebane's suspension remains in effect until President Cyril Ramaphosa says otherwise.The PPSA was responding to the suspended Public Protector's announcement on social media that she would return to work on Tuesday.

Mkhwebane announced on X, formerly Twitter, that she had informed President Cyril Ramaphosa, as a matter of courtesy, of her decision to report for duty. "According to section 194, proceedings/inquiry has now been finalised. The period of suspension defined in the presidential minute issued in terms of section 194, read with section 101 of the Constitution, has expired. Therefore, and as a matter of courtesy and protocol, advocate Mkhwebane has advised president Ramaphosa that she will be reporting back to work tomorrow morning on Tuesday 5 September 2023," she wrote..

Mkhwebane, whose non-renewable seven-year office term expires in October, continues to receive a salary and other benefits while on suspension.

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