The National Assembly will on Monday afternoon vote on Mkhwebane's permanent removal which will make her the first-ever head of a Chapter Nine institution to be impeached.
DA chief whip Siviwe Gwarube said choosing the correct person was especially important as the same National Assembly prepares to nominate a new Public Protector in the coming days. She said it was the DA that stood alone in its opposition to Mkhwebane’s appointment as Public Protector, while the African National Congress and Economic Freedom Fighters stood together to appoint her.
"In the past seven years, the DA has long held that Advocate Mkhwebane is not suitable to be the head of this very important Chapter Nine institution.""So that we do not spend years, seven years in particular, trying to remove somebody who should be designed to be the Public Protector instead of wreaking havoc to the institution."