MPs vote to remove Mkhwebane from office
The National Assembly has voted to adopt the report of the Section 194 Committee, which recommended the removal of Public Protector Adv. Busisiwe Mkhwebane from office.
An overwhelming majority of 318 MPs voted in favour of the motion, while 43 MPs voted against it, and one abstained.
The committee found Mkhwebane guilty of misconduct and incompetence and made adverse findings of misconduct across a range of investigations, reports and her handling of subsequent litigation, as well as matters related to the expenditure of public funds.
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Mkhwebane was suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa last year - shortly after she started probing the president's Phala Phala matter.
Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo says the resolution will be sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa for consideration.
"The resolution of the National Assembly will be referred to the President of the Republic for the removal of the Public Protector Adv Mkwhebane from office in accordance with the provisions of section 194 (93) (b) of the Constitution."
