Herman Mashaba files for review application against Public Protector
FORMER mayor of Johannesburg and leader of newly formed political party ActionSA, Herman Mashaba, said on Sunday that he wants the court to review and dismiss the findings made against him by South African Public Protector (PPSA) Busisiwe Mkhwebane last year.
Mashaba said in an affidavit to the court that Mkhwebane materially misdirected herself in addressing the merits of the “scurrilous complaint”. He said the findings made against him in the PP’s 2020 report were harmful to his personal and professional reputation and also “weaken the stature and competence expected of the office of the Public Protector”
He said because of these factors, having the findings against him reviewed are a matter of public interest, and that the findings against him have been addressed on more than one occasion with the PPSA.
He said evidence refuting the claims against him were sent to the PPSA, “yet she patently failed to apply her mind to the evidence provided to her”.
“The report by Mkhwebane exhibits, either an unfortunate inability to meaningfully analyse extensive submissions made to her prior to the finalisation of her report regarding baseless claims against my person, or a delinquent ignorance of the application of the law. Indeed, the report itself contains contradictory statements, which makes it difficult to follow the Public Protector’s reasoning for the findings against me,” Mashaba said in a statement.
The city improperly or irregularly appointed Mr Mtileni … Mr Tembe … The city improperly or irregularly appointed, without following due process, KMPG to conduct investigations in various departments, as for clearly different assignments which would require different expertise, without advertising the tender as required by the Municipal Finance Management Act and supply chain management regulations.
“The former executive mayor, Mr Mashaba, unlawfully and irregularly entered the procurement space and solicited free services from Lephatse Financial Services,” the PPSA said in her report.
Mkhwebane’s report also found that Mashaba interfered or influenced the city’s allocation of funding to youth drug rehabilitation to fund an NGO called the Field Band Foundation (FBF).
Source: IOL
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