Busisiwe Mkhwebane could not have found a more quintessential, ordinary citizen than Freddie Nyathela, the first witness to testify on her behalf at her Section 194 impeachment inquiry.
Security clearance, spreadsheets to track investigations that kept staff in office meetings, and rocketing litigation costs that cut community outreach projects were among the reasons for plunging staff morale at the Office of the Public Protector, according to whistle-blower Sphelo Samuel.