"The personal costs order has been paid up and again that shows the issue of the public paying for my costs because I have been doing the public work, to defend the public," Mkhwebane said during a presentation to parliament’s justice and correctional services portfolio committee on Saturday.
In 2019, the Constitutional Court upheld a ruling that Mkhwebane should be liable to pay costs for the case involving the SA Reserve Bank.
During her presentation on Saterday, Mkhwebane clarified that she did not ask for money but she only 'informed the people who were collecting the money' about the she bill she had received from the Constitutional Court last year.
An organisation called Democracy in Action started crowdfunding to pay Mkhwebane’s bill.
As directed by @ConCourtSA for @PublicProtector @AdvBMkhwebane to pay punitive cost @15%, the final cost was R 226 621.94 and the full amount was settled by @democracyZA THANK YOU to everyone who donated to defend the PP. We await 2 more punitive cost as directed by the courts.
— Democracy in Action (@democracyZA) May 16, 2020
It was during this address where Advocate Mkhwebane also revealed her plan called Vision 2023 which is aimed at reaching more people who wish to lodge complaints using the office on the Public Protector.
"We have agreed with the Department of Justice and Correctional Services and the South African Post Office among others to use their premises so as to reach more people, thereby augmenting the 19 service centres we already have countrywide," said Mkhwebane.
"To date, we have used a lot of radio to enhance access to our services. Over the last year we had nearly 50 radio slots for this purpose.
"These were on Thobela FM, Munghana Lonene FM, Umhlobo Wenene FM, Tru FM, Ukhozi FM, Lesedi FM, SA FM, Ikwekwezi FM, Ligwalagwala FM, Motsweding FM and a host of multilingual regional and community stations," added Mkhwebane.
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