If she wants a poisoned chalice

Busi Mkhwebane and her lawyer Dali Mpofu tried hard to prove to the parliamentary inquiry probing her fitness for office that she was a victim of mystery forces. She told MPs that unlike former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter she had not failed in her duties. “I’ve never brought the country to eight hours of load-shedding that has affected businesses and is affecting the livelihoods of people ... But I’m sitting here and being treated like this maybe because I’m not the right colour,” she said. “Well,” said Mpofu, “if they don’t want you in public protector, we will take you to Eskom?” “Yeah, I can make a big difference there,” she replied. Yes, Hogarth says, she’d shoot the lights out at Eskom. Literally.