Busisiwe Mkhwebane Says R4m Budget for Legal Team to Conclude Impeachment Inquiry Is Absurd and Unrealistic

• Suspended Busisiwe Mkhwebane has complained about the budget to conclude the impeachment inquiry into her fitness to hold office
• Mkhwebane claims that the R4 million left in the budget is not enough to cover her legal costs until the end of the proceedings
• The Section 194 committee postponed proceedings until Monday, giving Mkhwebane a week to sort out her legal woes

CAPE TOWN - Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has complained about the dwindling funds to pay for her impeachment inquiry legal fees.

Mkhwebane complained that it was absurd and unrealistic that the R4 million left in the budget was expected to cover the costs of her representation, EWN reported.

Public protector's offices tightens purse string for Busisiwe Mkhwebane legal representation

This comes after proceedings of the inquiry into the fitness of Mkhwebane to hold office came to a halt in March because of the lack of money to pay her legal team.

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Acting Public Protector Khleka Gcaleka wrote to Mkhwebane on 1 March, informing her that the Public Protector's office could not shoulder the cost of her legal representation beyond 31 March, BusinessLIVE reported.

On Monday, 8 May, the Section 194 committee postponed proceedings to 15 May, giving Mkhwebane one week to sort out her legal troubles.

South Africans accuse Mkhwebane of entitlement for complaining about legal representation budget

Below are some comments:

@MujuziProf said:

"Some rights are very expensive."

@EliasJoji asked:

"Where are her handlers? She allowed herself to be a political sledgehammer and neglected her duties to the poor. The court never said taxpayers fund her."

Mara Enslin added:

"So bored with this."

Christopher Reynolds claimed:

"It's just money laundering."

@maphokamokutle slammed:

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"Entitlement."

@RajenN2107 speculated:

"Of course, she and Dali did. He bills and drags the case out. He gets paid millions, and she eventually gets her full pension package."

Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she's facing the consequences of investigating powerful people like Ramaphosa

Earlier, Briefly News reported that suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is convinced that her suspension was linked to her investigation of influential individuals, including President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Mkhwebane made this statement while testifying at the Section 194 parliamentary inquiry into her fitness to hold office on Tuesday, 28 March.

The PP testified that sending Ramaphosa 31 questions regarding the theft of his US dollars led to her suspension coming into effect a day before the Western Cape High Court ruled on her pending case, reports SowetanLIVE.

Source: Briefly News