Busisiwe Mkhwebane

Busisiwe Mkhwebane is a South African advocate and was appointed to serve as the Public Protector of South Africa from 19 October 2016.

Early life and education

Mkhwebane was born in Bethal in Mpumalanga, matriculating from Mkhephula Secondary School in 1992. She graduated with a BProc followed by a LLB from the University of the North (now the University of Limpopo). Subsequently, she obtained a diploma in corporate law and a higher diploma in tax from the Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg).^[2] In 2010 she completed a Masters in Business Leadership at the University of South Africa.^[3]

Career

In 1994 Mkhwebane joined the Department of Justice as a Legal Administrative Officer in the International Affairs Directorate where she served as a prosecutor on criminal and maintenance cases. In 1998 she joined the South African Human Rights Commission as a senior researcher. The following year she joined the Public Protector's office as senior investigator and acting provincial representative. In 2005 she left to join the Department of Home Affairs as the director for refugee affairs, becoming chief director in asylum seekers management in 2008. From 2010 to 2014 she worked in South Africa's embassy in China before becoming a director on country information and corporate management at the Department of Home Affairs. Mkhwebane then worked as an analyst for the State Security Agency before she was appointed Public Protector in October 2016.

She has served as a board member for the Refugee Fund, where payments for financial assistance are made for refugees in distress.^[4] She serves as the Director of Business Development at Iyanilla Bricks.^[5]

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