The Office of the Public Protector is looking to recover funds irregularly paid for the benefit of its former head, Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
Former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane briefs media at Midrand in Johannesburg on 30 August 2023. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
The house she lived in reportedly cost R55 000 per month, which escalated to more than R60 000 in 2020. “The legal costs regarding the cases the Public Protector’s office was not supposed to have paid for, this issue was also brought to the attention of the public protector hence we discontinued payment of the cases immediately after her suspension. This also involves some of the litigation that took place in the Western Cape .”
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