'Mkhwebane's Suspension Remains Effective' Despite Plan To Report For Duty

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PRETORIA: The Office of the Public Protector has since hit back, insisting that she is still suspended.

The Office of the Public Protector emphasised that suspended advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is not an employee of the Chapter 9 institution, despite her plan to return to work on Tuesday.

Mkhwebane took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday night and posted that while the Section 194 inquiry into her fitness to hold office concluded, her position is that her suspension doesn’t fly.

The Office of the Public Protector has since hit back, insisting that she is still suspended.

Mkhwebane maintained that in terms of the Presidential Minute, under which her suspension was affected, it is “pending the finalisation of the inquiry”.

With the inquiry now wrapped up, she believes so too is her suspension. However, with the committee recommending she be removed, the National Assembly still needs to vote on it next week.

In the interim, the spokesperson for the Office of the Public Protector, Ndili Msoki, said that Mkhwebane is not an employee of theirs and that she was appointed by the president.

“The Section 194 Committee enquiry is a Parliamentary process, and the PPSA [Public Protector South Africa] is not a party thereto. Accordingly, in the absence of communication emanating from the president, Adv Mkhwebane’s suspension remains effective.”