thulisile nomkhosi was the public protector in south africa.
thulisile nomkhosi was the public protector in south africa.
who is the public protector is south africa?
thulisile nomkhosi
in 2017, the south african public protector, busisiwe mkhwebane, found that the bailout of r1.125 billion that absa's predecessor bankorp group had received between 1985 and 1992 from the reserve bank was illegal, and recommended that absa be forced to pay back r2.25 billion, the current equivalent of the amount. the report was set aside by the pretoria high court, finding that "the public protector did not conduct herself in a manner which would be expected from a person occupying the office of the public protector." the court assessed some costs of the case "personally" against mkhwebane due to her conduct., an order upheld by the constitutional court of south africa in july 2019.
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the public protector receives its mandate from the public protector act of 1994. the public protector is one of six state institutions supporting democracy in south africa. these institutions are independent of the government, subject only to south africa's constitution and the law, and report annually to parliament. 









































the preamble of the public protector act states, in part:
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