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    The woman set to be SA’s next public protector

    By Agency Staff24 August 2016
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    Parliament’s public protector committee has selected Busisiwe Mkhwebane as the last woman standing to fill Thuli Madonsela’s shoes.

    Mkhwebane was lauded for her great communication skills, her experience and her interview skills.

    Her age and how she conducted herself were also praised by MPs.

    She was a lady of guts, Inkatha Freedom Party MP Themba Msimang said, while the ANC’s Grace Tseke said she had a fine brain.

    MPs waxed lyrical about her international experience, and called for Mkhwebane to be nominated for the job.

    National Freedom Party MP Sibusiso Mncwabe said she was outstanding during the interview.

    “She is a very brave, young but experienced black female and she has worked for that office before,” he said.

    Tseke said the advocate had a sound understanding of procurement act in the country and made a good candidate for the post.

    “Her communication skills were excellent. She answered all the questions that members of parliament had asked. I recommend her to be the next public protector, she has a fine brain,” she said.

    ANC MP Werner Horn said they were are feeling ambivalent about the candidate, while ANC MP Bongani Bongo said she was right for the job as she could hit the ground running, as she had worked for the office before.

    Mkhwebane, a state security analyst, even received a stamp of approval from Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, who said she was close to what the country had in Madonsela.

    He had heard rumours that she was a President Jacob Zuma candidate, but that had not come across in the interview, he said.

    However, he said, decisions could not be made based on Zuma as he would not be around forever, he said.

    “She is going to be a public protector beyond Zuma’s term of office, so even if she was a Zuma candidate, he will not be there at some point.

    “We are appointing her to a well-established institution, with rules and established practices and investigators, and if she tries any shenanigans, the institution itself will expose her for who she is,” he said.

    That’s what made him comfortable to recommend her as the public protector.

    The Democratic Alliance’s Glynnis Breytenbach said Mkhwebane did not have management experience, while the African Christian Democratic Party’s Steve Swart said she was a candidate that seemed to have consensus with most of the political parties.

    The parties agreed to table Mkhwebane’s name, but the DA reserved its judgment on the issue.

    The public protector committee had a mammoth task of finding a replacement by the end of August for public protector Thuli Madonsela.

    They had their first meeting in May, and by 24 August had settled on Mkhwebane after a quick meeting on Wednesday.

    The five candidates were judges Siraj Desai and Sharise Weiner, advocates Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Muvhango Lukhaimane, and Prof Bongani Majola.

    The candidate will now be recommended to the national assembly by next week.

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