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The job of public protector of South Africa, and probably in many other countries, is clearly not a very desirable one. As the public protector herself pointed out, at the end of the day you would ultimately always end up investigating the ruling government of the day, and that is going to bring you in conflict with them.
It seems not a day goes by whereby we don’t have a counter-accusation as to her being investigated by the police or a denial by somebody that she has done anything wrong in a previous job and of course there were no accusations of anything at all, until she started investigating police involving Police Commissioner Cele. The job is never going to be offered to me, but I would not even look sideways at it, because I think whoever holds this position, if they are conscientious and achieve results in uncovering corruption, which will always exist in any country, they are going to put themselves in the firing line.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Wednesday 20-Jul-11
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!