SUSPENDED Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane has failed to meet her deadline, AGAIN.
According to the new timetable, Mkhwebane had to submit a written notice to the committee secretariat indicating if she will make a closing statement and the format in which it will be made by no later than Friday, 7 July.
The chairman of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office, Qubudile Dyantyi, said she has not indicated whether she will be making any final closing arguments pertaining to the allegations in the motion before the committee.
In a statement on Tuesday, 11 July, Dyantyi said up to this point the PP has failed to meet any of the deadlines that are stipulated in the timetable.
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He said last week she also ignored the deadline to respond to written questions posed by members and evidence leaders.
Mkhwebane was also due to notify the committee by Monday, 19 June, whether she would be responding to questions in writing or orally.
She was granted another opportunity, until 22 June, to submit any additional affidavits or documentation in support of Part B of her statement or in relation to the evidence leaders’ presentation to the committee on Part A of her statement to the extent that there is a part that was not addressed in her oral evidence or written statement.
Mkhwebane did not meet the deadline of 19 June and did not submit any additional information for the committee’s consideration.
Dyantyi said that the deadlines set by the committee will not be extended any further.
The committee is expected to finalise its work on 28 July 2023.
