What exactly is breaking news about this correspondence? Because a law enforcement official seems to have been communicating information with a public representative.
Is the suggestion that whistleblowers are corrupt when they whistle blow to Julius Malema?
When Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi goes on about how he communicated his concerns before his press briefing, to the Portfolio Committee Chair of Police, to the National Commissioner and to the President of the Republic, were his communications suspicious?
If sharing of information of conduct within public institutions with public representatives in order to aid accountability is a crime, then the Parliament of South Africa is at risk of collapse.
I would dare the Madlanga Commission to consider taking the phones of all MPβs to test this claim. Khan is not the first nor the last official of a public institution to purportedly share information with an MP.
MPβs who are pretending to be outraged should be careful, because the basis of their effectiveness in Parliament relies heavily on this type of information sharing.
I would particularly caution the Chair of SCOPA, who seemingly could not even sleep due to excitement. His entire portfolio relies on whistleblowers and information sharing from people in public institutions, his disdain for one based on a narrative is surprising.
Men are so private online. A guy could be moving to another country or having his first child, and heβd still only post a random football score on his story.