South Africa: Busisiwe Mkhwebane's Legal Team Back in the House - Ret's Reserve Bank Dystopia Explained

9 November 2022
Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
analysis By Marianne Thamm

Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's legal team, led by advocate Dali Mpofu, was virtually back in the benches as day 33 of her Section 194 impeachment inquiry remained on track.

On Wednesday, advocate Bright Shabalala, for Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, attempted to use the cross-examination of Nelisiwe Thejane, the executive manager of provincial investigations in the Office of the Public Protector of South Africa (PPSA), to drive home a view that the Democratic Alliance is the Satan in the soup here.

After picking apart her qualifications, Tshabalala hit Thejane with: "You are aware the motion for the removal of Mkhwebane was initiated by former DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone?", setting the tone for the morning.

It is of no consequence, it appears to Mkhwebane's legal A-team, that we are gathered in Committee Room M46 of the Marks Building in Cape Town as a result of a tortuous (and historic) process, initiated after the National Assembly in March 2021 adopted a recommendation by an independent panel that the Section 194 inquiry should go ahead.

Thejane explained this to Shabalala in her response. She is a lawyer after all, with two degrees.

But in Team Mkhwebane, none of this matters. The...

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