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Dianne Kohler-Barnard Cleared To Remain on Ad Hoc Committee Amid Pressure To Recuse Herself
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Dianne Kohler-Barnard Cleared To Remain on Ad Hoc Committee Amid Pressure To Recuse Herself

by  Tebogo Mokwena
2 min read
  • The Democratic Alliance's Member of Parliament Dianne Kohler-Barnard was cleared to continue her work on the ASd Hoc Committee
  • The par sought legal advice after she received pressure from opposition parties to recuse herself from the commission
  • The pressure came after KwaZulu-Natal top cop General Nhlangla Mkhwanazi accused her of disclosing classified intelligence

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Tebogo Mokwena, KwaZulu-Natal Deputy Head of Current Affairs, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, cabinet reshuffles, the State of the Nation Address, parliamentary proceedings, and politician-related news, as well as elections, at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.

Dianne Kohler-Barnard was cleared to continue her role on the Ad Hoc Committee
Dianne Kohler-Barnard was advised to continue on the Ad Hoc Committee. Image: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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PARLIAMENT, WESTERN CAPE — Despite pressure from opposition parties to recuse herself, the Democratic Alliance's MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard was cleared to remain on the Ad Hoc Committee to investigate corruption in the criminal justice system.

According to IOL, the party's MP Glynnis Breytenbach said that the party obtained legal advice, which showed that there was no proof to prevent her from participating in the Ad Hoc Committee due to bias and conflict of interest.

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The legal advice the party received added that Kohler-Barnard did not publicise any information from crime intelligence. The clearance from the legal authorities came after members of the African National Congress, the MK Party, the Patriotic Alliance, and ActionSA demanded that she be removed.

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The demands came after KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused Kohler-Barnard of publicising information obtained from her role as a member of the Crime Intelligence portfolio committee.

Most recently, DA MP Lisa Schickerling was recused from the Ad Hoc Committee because of the case she opened against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. She opened a case of defeating the ends of justice after Mkhwanazi alleged during his 6 July 2025 press briefing that Mchunu ordered the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team.

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a current affairs writer at Briefly News. With a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON, he has a strong background in digital journalism, having completed training with the Google News Initiative. He began his career as a journalist at Daily Sun, where he worked for four years before becoming a sub-editor and journalist at Capricorn Post. He then joined Vutivi Business News in 2020 before moving to Briefly News in 2023.

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