Acting PP: Public funds being used to fight Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s legal woes

Acting Public Protector (PP) Kholeka Gcaleka says public funds are being used to fight the legal woes of her suspended boss – Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

Gcaleka addressed scores of demonstrators outside of her office in Pretoria on Friday, including members of various political parties who demanded the release of a report into the the burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm.

The EFF, UDM, and the ATM were among the political parties represented.

ATM president Vuyo Zungula expressed their displeasure with acting PP Kholeka Gcaleka.

Vuyol Zungula, ATM president:

As an acting Public Protector, you wasted no time in trying to prevent the public protector’s office from funding the legal cost of public protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

But Gcaleka denied that her office has deserted Mkhwebane.

Kholeka Gcaleka, acting public protector:

We are paying for her to contest her suspension. We are paying for her to defend herself in the impeachment process. We are also paying for her to defend herself in the criminal proceedings of the perjury charges that she is facing.

Gcaleka says her office will respond the memorandum of demands within seven working days.