175 Lunnon Street, Hillcrest Office Park, 0083, Pretoria, South Africa 25°45′28″S28°14′26″E / 25.757869°S 28.240425°E / -25.757869; 28.240425
Annual budget
R362.714 million 2021–22[3]
National Institution executive
Adv Nompilo Kholeka Gcaleka, Public Protector
Deputy Public Protector
Parent National Institution
None (independent)
Key documents
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996[4]
Public Protector Act 23 of 1994[5]
Executive Members Ethics Act 82 of 1998[6]
Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA)[7]
Electoral Commission Act 51 of 1996[8]
Special Investigation Units and Special Tribunals Act 74 of 1996[9]
Website
www.pprotect.org
Map
The Public Protector in South Africa is one of six independent state institutions set up by the country's Constitution to support and defend democracy.
According to Section 181[10] of the Constitution:
These institutions are independent, and subject only to the Constitution and the law. According to the Constitution, they must be impartial and must exercise their powers and perform their functions without fear, favour or prejudice.
Other organs of state, through legislative and other measures, must assist and protect these institutions to ensure the independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness of these institutions.
No person or organ of state may interfere with the functioning of these institutions.
These institutions are accountable to the National Assembly, and must report on their activities and the performance of their functions to the Assembly at least once a year.
^A brief history of the office Archived 29 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^"History of The office of the Public Protector 1995".
^Public Protector 2021/22(PDF). Public Protector. 2022. p. 12. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
^Public Protector Act
^Executive Members Ethics Act
^Promotion of Access to Information Act
^Electoral Commission Act
^Special Investigation Units and Special Tribunals Act Archived 22 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^"Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 – Chapter 9: State institutions supporting constitutional democracy". South African Government Information. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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and the current PublicProtector of South Africa. She previously served as Deputy PublicProtector and became Acting PublicProtector on 9 June 2022 following...
significant media coverage and political opposition. A report of the PublicProtector found that Zuma unduly benefited from these improvements and the Constitutional...
beset by controversy, especially during his second term. In 2014, the PublicProtector found that Zuma had improperly benefited from state expenditure on...
justice at Stellenbosch University since January 2018. She served as the PublicProtector of South Africa from 19 October 2009 to 14 October 2016. In 1996, she...
representing the Economic Freedom Fighters. She served as the 4th PublicProtector of South Africa from October 2016 until her impeachment in September...
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Court finding that the PublicProtector had failed in her duties to investigate the Vrede Dairy Project. The PublicProtector's office was ordered to pay...
state-owned Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa was the subject of a PublicProtector investigation and a parliamentary misconduct finding, and in 2014 Mabe...
was increasingly preoccupied by domestic controversy. In 2014, the PublicProtector found that Zuma had improperly benefited from state expenditure on...
that "The publicprotector did not conduct herself in a manner which would be expected from a person occupying the office of the publicprotector." The court...
one of three deputy federal chairpersons of the DA. In October 2021, PublicProtector Busisiwe Mkhwebane found that Bredell had breached the Executive Code...
at the ANC's constituency office in Umtata. In 2016, he applied for publicprotector but was not shortlisted by the ad hoc committee. The committee chose...
of Health, Sylvia Masebo. LMUTH is also working with Office of the PublicProtector with orienting the newly recruited health workers and other members...
that are subject to court proceedings, except in exceptional cases. PublicProtector Auditor-General The national ombudsman of Spain is the Defensor del...
impeachment proceedings against her and remove her from office as PublicProtector. When that application failed, he continued to represent her during...
include the executive deputy presidents, provincial premiers, the PublicProtector and the Auditor-General. Since 1997, members of certain commissions...
highlighted in the former South African PublicProtector's report on State Capture. In 2016, the PublicProtector, Thuli Madonsela, investigated the Gupta...
motivated aimed to derail his presidential campaign. On 19 July 2019, the PublicProtector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, released a report in which she claimed that Ramaphosa...
chaired by the President of the Constitutional Court and includes the PublicProtector and representatives of the South African Human Rights Commission and...
African Constitution to guard democracy. The institutions are: the PublicProtector the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) the Commission for...
ruled against his application deeming it unnecessary. In May 2019 PublicProtector Busisiwe Mkhwebane released a controversial report recommending that...
nomination to stand as a candidate to replace Busisiwe Mkhwebane as PublicProtector. Campbell, Carol (15 April 2018). "Seminal work fills in missing history...
from publicprotector". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 7 September 2022. Bhuta, Sisipho (23 July 2022). "Ramaphosa finally responds to PublicProtector's Phala...
included non-security features like a swimming pool and cattle kraal. The PublicProtector, Thuli Madonsela, began an investigation into the apparent misuse of...
South Africa (PRASA). It was reported that the future South African PublicProtector Busisiwe Mkhwebane was implicated in the deal when she worked as Counselor...
given enough time to respond to the publicprotector. In late May 2017 a number of emails were leaked to the public from the Guptas and their associates...
dismissed. In early 2011, when Cele was National Commissioner of SAPS, the PublicProtector, Thuli Madonsela, found that the government had leased office buildings...
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