NATIONAL NEWS - It seems that the Public Protector‚ Busisiwe Mkhwebane‚ is dancing to President Jacob Zuma’s tune and acting on his behalf to undo the valuable work done by her predecessor‚ Thuli Madonsela‚ the Democratic Alliance says.
The party was responding to reports that Mkhwebane has laid a criminal charge against Madonsela‚ following a complaint from Zuma.
The Sunday Times quoted Mkhwebane as saying that she opened the case at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria two weeks ago in connection with the “leaking” of an audiotape of an interview Madonsela had with Zuma during her “state capture” investigation.
Madonsela‚ who is out of the country‚ has admitted to giving the audiotape of her interview with Zuma to news channel eNCA. The recording is damaging for Zuma because it disproves his claim that he was never given a chance to put forward his side of the story‚ the newspaper said.
The DA’s spokesperson justice issues‚ Adv Glynnis Breytenbach said on Sunday that while Zuma had every right to lodge a grievance with the public protector‚ it was telling that Mkhwebane had jumped straight to criminal charges‚ without conducting any further investigation.
