Some residents of Honeydew, west of Johannesburg, have accused Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane of flouting lockdown rules by holding a public meeting, but her office says they were just doing their job.
Knott said that on Saturday morning, residents barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks, voicing their dissatisfaction at how Mkhwebane was handling the eviction case.
“Adv Mkhwebane was instead represented by the executive manager: provincial investigations and integration, [Ms] Nelisiwe Thejane and [Ms] Manyathela,” he said, adding that the Office of the Public Protector is classified as an essential service in terms of Regulation 11A, B27 of the lockdown. Segalwe said the meeting followed a complaint the public protector’s office had received from a community leader representing 64 families now living on Plot 323 in Wilgespruit, Honeydew, after government moved them there from nearby Ruimsig. At the meeting, the community said they were dissatisfied that little or no progress in their living conditions had been made since a previous meeting held in August last year.
However, Segalwe said a lot had happened since the last meeting, including an alternative dispute resolution meeting Mkhwebane had presided over at which the City Of Joburg presented its plans to resolve the community’s complaints.
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