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JOHANNESBURG - Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been charged with three counts of perjury.
She made a brief court appearance on Thursday.
Accountability Now director Paul Hoffman laid a complaint against her.
This was after the Constitutional Court upheld a 2019 High Court ruling that found Mkhwebane acted dishonestly during her investigation into an apartheid-era loan by the Reserve Bank to Bankorp, now part of Absa.
Her report into the matter was set aside and she lost an appeal that she personally be held liable for a portion of the Reserve Bank's legal costs.
Mkhwebane is currently on a two-month sabbatical.
The case has been postponed to 25 March for the resolution of pre-trial issues.
Magistrate Adriaan Bekker confirms agreement to postpone the #BusisiweMkhwebane perjury trial to the 25th of March, to deal with pre-trial issues.
— Govan Whittles (@van1go) January 21, 2021
Bekker: Mkhwebane's lawyer asb Dali Mpofu confirms that they will make representations to the DPP to have the 3 charges of perjury withdrawn. Mpofu says if they are unsuccessful they may approach the high court. #BusisiweMkhwebane
— Govan Whittles (@van1go) January 21, 2021
