MEDIA STATEMENT: COMMITTEE FOR SECTION 194 TO RESUME HEARINGS ON WEDNESDAY

The Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office will reconvene its hearings on Wednesday, 17 May 2023.

Committee Chairperson Mr Qubudile Dyantyi said today that although the committee had indicated last week that it will meet today, he had afforded Adv Mkhwebane a further period to issue instructions to her legal team so that hearings can resume in earnest on Wednesday.

Mr Dyantyi said his decision follows the exchange of several letters between the parties – the office of the Public Protector South Africa, Seanego Attorneys, Adv Mkhwebane and the committee since its meeting last week. The correspondence will be tabled in the committee on Wednesday.

The committee was established on 16 March 2021 to conduct a constitutional inquiry into the PP’s fitness to hold office and is now expected to conclude its work towards the end of May 2023. Committee documents can be found at Committee for Section 194 Enquiry – Parliament of South Africa

Source: Parliament of South Africa