Senior parliamentary official being probed by public protector for alleged abuse of power
Secretary to parliament Gengezi Mgidlana is being investigated for alleged abuse of power by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane following complaints filed by trade union Nehawu and an axed senior parliamentary manager. And now the national legislature is accused of not taking seriously instructions from Mkhwebane after National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete failed to meet the Public Protector’s deadline to submit documents deemed as central to her investigation against the CEO of parliament. But parliament’s spokesman Moloto Mothapo has insisted they were co-operating with Mkhwebane’s probe. He refuted claims that parliament had failed to meet the deadline because they had requested an extension. Mkhwebane wants Mbete’s office to produce parliamentary policies that authorise Mgidlana to travel in a state vehicle fitted with a blue light‚ order parliamentary staff to chauffeur his wife around‚ and written permission allowing the secretary to parliament to embark on overseas benchmar...
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