What did busisiwe do?

In June 2017, with consultation from former South African Reserve Bank (SARB) director (2003-2012), Stephen Goodson, and without consultation with government economists or legal scholars, Mkhwebane drafted changes to the Constitution to nationalize and remove the independence of the SARB and the bank’s mandate to keep …Mkhwebane was born in Bethal in the then Transvaal province (now Mpumalanga) on 2 February 1970, matriculating from Mkhephula Secondary School in 1988. She graduated with a BProc followed by an 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). In 2010 she completed a Masters in Business Leadership at the University of South Africa.

In 1994 Mkhwebane joined the Department of Justice as a Public Prosecutor, thereafter from 1996 as Legal Administrative Officer in the International Affairs Directorate. 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 acting chief director in asylum seekers management in 2009.

From 2010 to 2014 she worked as Counselor in Immigration and Civic Services in South Africa’s embassy in China.A report by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project stated that during this time Mkhwebane’s bank account was flagged by HSBC for receiving a US$5000 payment from the Gupta family in connection with a controversial railway contract with China South Rail.Mkhwebane rejected the allegation that she received money from the Gupta family.

In 2014, she returned to South Africa to serve as a director on country information and cooperation management at the Department of Home Affairs. Mkhwebane then worked as an analyst for the State Security Agency from July 2016 to October 2016 before she was appointed Public Protector in October 2016. During her appointment, it was made known that she had a close relationship with then President Jacob Zuma.

She served as a board member for the Refugee Fund, where payments for financial assistance are made for refugees in distress.^[10] She serves as the Director of Business Development at Iyanilla Bricks.^[