Western Cape Premier Helen Zille. Picture: ANA
Former Western Cape premier and DA leader Helen Zille was fingered during today’s presentation in which public protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane delivered her reports on a number of outstanding cases.
In addition to finding Malusi Gigaba and Fikile Mbalula guilty of misconduct, advocate Mkhwebane found Zille had violated the Executive Members Act when she assisted her maths teacher son by arranging for tablets from the province’s education department to be loaned to him so he could offer extra maths lessons to disadvantaged matric students.
Social media users have since reacted to the news with many rejoicing in the finding and juxtaposing it with the DA’s strong anti-corruption stance.
There are those who have come to Zille’s defence, however, citing the fact the misconduct was committed in an effort to help those less fortunate.
Zille has yet to respond but she did, however, tweet the following:
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