Turf Law Journal
The Appointment of Constitutional Watchdog Leaders in Africa: The Case of South Africa’s Public Protector
This article examines the appointment of constitutional watchdog leaders through the lens of the South African saga involving the former Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Democratic Alliance and Another v Public Protector of South Africa and Others (2023) serves as a point of departure to excavate the deeper fault lines that run through the bedrock of African constitutionalism. In the wake of South Africa’s state capture scandal – a grotesque manifestation of the privatisation of the state – there was drama and …