Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has released implicating audio recordings of late ANC MP, Tina Joemat-Petterson, in conversation with her husband, David Skosana, in support of her claims of bribery and corruption within Parliament's Section 194 Enquiry. Mkhwebane held a press conference in Sandton today regarding allegations of the bribery by some members of the Section 194 Enquiry looking into her fitness to hold office.

CORRUPTION SCANDAL

Mkhwebane's media briefing comes just days after Parliamentary Committee issued a call for nominations for a candidate for the appointment of the new Public Protector. She said she wanted to inform the public of what she claims was the biggest corruption scandal to hit the South African Parliament. Mkhwebane accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of abusing his power and implicated nine Constitutional Court judges in her briefing. She had earlier claimed that the late Joemat-Petterson had approached her husband for a R600 000 bribe to make the enquiry go away. The former ANC MP died at her home in Cape Town last Sunday. 

Mkhwebane has released implicating audio recordings of late ANC MP, Tina Joemat-Petterson, in conversation with her husband, David Skosana, in support of her claims of bribery and corruption within Parliament's Section 194 Enquiry.

OVER TO THE HAWKS

Mkhwebane told the media that the damning audio recordings and text messages have been handed over to the Hawks. "I am in possession of two audio recordings and more than 90 WhatsApp messages between my husband and Joemat-Petterson. She first attended my impeachment hearing in March and subsequently met with my husband on two occasions where she solicited a bribe of R600 000, that would be split three ways."

THE BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS

Mkhwebane's husband alleged that ANC members who also served on the committee, the late Joemat-Pettersson, committee chairperson Qubudile Dyantyi, and ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina tried to solicit the money from her husband. Mkhwebane told the media that the meeting between her husband and Joemat-Petterson took place in March without her knowledge. "I said to him, why are you keeping this away from me, he said, 'I wanted myself to have evidence and even trap them, especially all of them so that I can have over the evidence.' I said, "Stop that, the police must do they are supposed to be doing that". She says she knew she had to act immediately and she opened a case and wrote to the Speaker of Parliament as she wanted to sit down with her and take her through all this information regarding the corruption. Mkhwebane has called for South Africans to rise and join her fight for the Section 194 Enquiry to be scrapped and the release of the Phala Phala Report.