Mkhwebane rejects fresh allegations as DA moves to discuss her future
Updated | By Sinethemba Madolo
Busisiwe Mkhwebane has come under fire since she released the report into the controversial project.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has rejected claims levelled against her by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac).
Casac is accusing Mkhwebane of watering down the report into the Gupta-linked Estina diary farm in the Free State in order to protect several high-profile politicians, including African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule and former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane.
The provisional report was written by Mkhwebane's predecessor Thuli Madonsela, who proposed strong remedial action against several politicians.
These remedial actions were missing from the final report, released by Mkhwebane, prompting Casac to approach the courts.
But Mkhwebane says she doesn't believe there are any merits to the allegations.
"Although the matter is before the courts, and therefore sub judice, Adv. Mkhwebane is of the strong view that letting the allegations concerned go without a challenge will have dire implications for her office in the eyes of the public," her office said in a statement on Monday.
"Regarding the purported provisional report's remedial action that parts of the investigation be referred to the Special Investigation Unit and Auditor-General, the Hawks' forensic investigation on the movement of money was already at an advanced stage, with most of the people implicated in wrongdoing having been arrested and some assets preserved in terms of the court orders. There was, therefore no need to reinvent the wheel and start a parallel investigation. As such, the remedial action taken by the Public Protector was appropriate, considering the issues investigated, the arrests and preservation orders."
Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has indicated it is prepared to take the report on judicial review.
The party's Glynnis Breytenbach says she will also be approaching Speaker Baleka Mbete this week to discuss the allegations against Mkhwebane.
"The new allegations are very serious and need to be investigated on an urgent basis," says Breytenbach.
"The DA will write to the Chairperson of the Justice Committee, Mathole Motshekga, and to the House Chairperson, Cedrick Frolick, to request that the committee revisit the matter urgently."
The DA unsuccessfully lobbied the committee in March to discuss Mkhwebane's future as Public Protector and Breytenbach says she hopes the new claims will convince political parties to start the process.
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