Mkhwebane won't respond to matter of millions in gratuity for now
Mkhwebane is seeking to claim at least R10 million in gratuity payment following her removal from office by President Cyril Ramaphosa in September 2023.
FILE: Former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - Disgraced former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she will not respond on the matter of her gratuity until that she receives official communication from the Office of the Public Protector.
Previously, Eyewitness News reported that the Office of the Public Protector found that Mkhwebane is not entitled to any form of gratuity payment in respect of both the Constitution and the Public Protector Act.
Mkhwebane is seeking to claim at least R10 million in gratuity payment following her removal from office by President Cyril Ramaphosa in September 2023.
This followed a recommendation by the National Assembly.
Eyewitness News has it on good authority that the Office of the Public Protector will not indulge any form of gratuitous claim by Mkhwebane.
On 6 December 2023, Mkhwebane sent a letter of demand to the Office of the Public Protector to claim the millions that she believes are due to her.
Mkhwebane had been found guilty of misconduct and incompetence at an inquiry that sat for over a year.
Eyewitness News understands that had Mkhwebane vacated office, she would have been entitled to her payout.
However, the fact that she was removed renders her claim to a gratuity payment null and void.
Mkhwebane says she has yet to receive official response from the Office of the Public Protector.
“Let me get the response, I’ll respond to you. I can’t respond to something I haven’t seen.
Mkhwebane, who is now an Economic Freedom Fighters member of Parliament, insists that despite being impeached, she’s still owed a gratuity in terms of the conditions of service for public protectors adopted by the National Assembly in 2002.