PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela is to appear before Parliament to respond to allegations that staff in her Kimberley office are taking bribes from the DA to prioritise certain investigations in Northern Cape.
The parliamentary portfolio committee on justice and constitutional development also wants Madonsela to explain claims that she hired consultants to conduct investigations that could have been done by her staff, including a probe of former communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda at a cost of R300000.
These startling allegations are contained in a letter compiled by her former deputy, Mamiki Shai, and several employees who call themselves "concerned staff of the office of the Public Protector".
They have been sent by anonymous letter to the office of National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu.
Shai, who allegedly had a frosty relationship with Madonsela, left at the end of last year when her contract expired.
According to the letter certain staff members in the Northern Cape regional office of the public protector are allegedly accepting bribes from the DA in the region to prioritise investigations against provincial government officials linked to the ANC.
DA MP Debbie Schafer said she was aware of the allegations but dismissed them as "lacking substance".
Madonsela, at a date yet to be determined, would also be grilled by MPs over claims that her office had watered down its investigative report on allegations of maladministration and corruption in the DA-led municipality of Midvaal in Gauteng.
The public protector is also expected to give her side of the story regarding claims that her office procured a case management system that is not working at a cost of R9-million to the taxpayer.
At its meeting yesterday the justice committee decided to invite Madonsela to a formal meeting to answer the allegations against her office.
The committee has also resolved to write to the Public Service Commission (PSC), asking it to indicate if it was within its jurisdiction to conduct a full investigation on the allegations of maladministration in Madonsela's office.
The PSC and Madonsela's office are chapter nine institutions that promote democracy and openness in terms of the Constitution.
The auditor-general could also be asked to probe claims that Madonsela's office violated the Public Finance Management Act when it allegedly procured the services of consultants and to probe its electronic case management system that is said to be dysfunctional.
Thuli Madonsela to face graft allegations
PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela is to appear before Parliament to respond to allegations that staff in her Kimberley office are taking bribes from the DA to prioritise certain investigations in Northern Cape.
The parliamentary portfolio committee on justice and constitutional development also wants Madonsela to explain claims that she hired consultants to conduct investigations that could have been done by her staff, including a probe of former communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda at a cost of R300000.
These startling allegations are contained in a letter compiled by her former deputy, Mamiki Shai, and several employees who call themselves "concerned staff of the office of the Public Protector".
They have been sent by anonymous letter to the office of National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu.
Shai, who allegedly had a frosty relationship with Madonsela, left at the end of last year when her contract expired.
According to the letter certain staff members in the Northern Cape regional office of the public protector are allegedly accepting bribes from the DA in the region to prioritise investigations against provincial government officials linked to the ANC.
DA MP Debbie Schafer said she was aware of the allegations but dismissed them as "lacking substance".
Madonsela, at a date yet to be determined, would also be grilled by MPs over claims that her office had watered down its investigative report on allegations of maladministration and corruption in the DA-led municipality of Midvaal in Gauteng.
The public protector is also expected to give her side of the story regarding claims that her office procured a case management system that is not working at a cost of R9-million to the taxpayer.
At its meeting yesterday the justice committee decided to invite Madonsela to a formal meeting to answer the allegations against her office.
The committee has also resolved to write to the Public Service Commission (PSC), asking it to indicate if it was within its jurisdiction to conduct a full investigation on the allegations of maladministration in Madonsela's office.
The PSC and Madonsela's office are chapter nine institutions that promote democracy and openness in terms of the Constitution.
The auditor-general could also be asked to probe claims that Madonsela's office violated the Public Finance Management Act when it allegedly procured the services of consultants and to probe its electronic case management system that is said to be dysfunctional.
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