Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has come under fire from Western Cape High Court judge Vincent Saldanha for comparing the rules that will be used to conduct an impeachment inquiry against her to the “Sobukwe clause” — apartheid-era legislation used to arbitrarily extend the imprisonment of PAC leader Robert Sobukwe.
“How can you make the analogy that this parliament would make rules akin to what the apartheid parliament did?” the judge asked Mkhwebane’s advocate, Dali Mpofu, during a virtual hearing held on Wednesday morning.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.
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