Months of work to appoint a deputy Public Protector have gone down the drain thanks to ousted Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, now an EFF MP, who failed to declare her relationship with two of the shortlisted candidates.
For the process to have proceeded smoothly, Mkhwebane had to declare her relationship with advocate Shadrack Tebeile and Ponatshego Mogaladi.
Tebeila is currently representing Mkhwebane pro bono.