Petition for the removal of Busisiwe Mkhwebane as Public Protector

The work that Thuli Madonsela did in her seven year term as Public Protector greatly strengthened our democracy. She was a stalwart in the fight against corruption in South Africa.

By contrast, Busisiwe Mkhwebane has demonstrated on numerous occasions that she is more of a Zuma Protector than a Public Protector.

With Mkhwebane unfit to hold office, there is now nobody to protect our valuable resources from state capture and large-scale looting.

Below are the most glaring examples of Ms. Mkhwebane’s alleged misconduct:

  1. A failure to provide sound reasoning for her findings in several matters, most notably the ABSA/CIEX case, where she fails to provide transparency and impartiality.
  2. Misconduct in several cases: allegedly hiding submissions received from Black First Land First Group; allegedly failing to ensure a transparent record of her decision in the matter of the Bapo ba Mogale community’s trust.
  3. Disregard for constitutional and legal parameters: Her apparent willingness to receive submissions from the President and SSA, without offering other affected parties opportunity to comment on these.
  4. Troubling actions in the ABSA/Bankorp “life-boat” report: allegedly ignoring requests from the Finance Minister for documents; using a select few documents; misrepresenting having considered interviews which she did not conduct and cannot provide the minutes for, and failing to demonstrate why she believes that large sums of money are recoverable.
  5. Failing to provide timeous reports on, among others, the Vrede Dairy Farm case, phase 2 of the State Capture inquiry; awarding of Presidential Protection Services to Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.