Mkhwebane bemoans 'drastic reduction' in income as EFF MP, sues Public Protector for R10m

Ousted Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she can "hardly make ends meet" since being appointed as an EFF MP - and has gone to court to force her erstwhile office to pay her a R10 million gratuity she insists is "rightfully mine".

In papers filed at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Mkhwebane records she received "substantially reduced remuneration" as an EFF MP (reportedly R92 245 a month) "than in my previous position" as Public Protector (R193 000 a month).

"I can hardly make ends meet considering the drastic reduction in my monthly income of the preceding seven years.