Act No. 200, 1993 | Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 |
and such remuneration shall not be reduced, nor shall such terms and conditions be adversely altered, during his or her term of office.
(7) The Public Protector shall not perform remunerative work outside his or her official duties.
(8) The Public Protector may be removed from office by the President, but only on the grounds of misbehaviour, incapacity or incompetence, determined by a joint committee of the Houses of Parliament, composed as provided in subsection (2)(a), and upon receipt of an address from both the National Assembly and the Senate requesting such removal.
(9) A Public Protector who is the subject of an investigation by a joint committee in terms of subsection (8), may be suspended by the President pending a decision in such investigation.
Independence and impartiality
111. (1) The Public Protector shall be independent and impartial and shall exercise and perform his or her powers and functions subject only to this Constitution and the law.
(2) The Public Protector and the persons appointed in terms of section 113(1) shall have such immunities and privileges as may be assigned to them by or under an Act of Parliament for the purpose of ensuring the independent and impartial exercise and performance of their powers and functions.
(3) No organ of state and no member or employee of an organ of state nor any other person shall interfere with the Public Protector or a person appointed under section 113 in the exercise and performance of his or her powers and functions.
(4) All organs of state shall accord such assistance as may be reasonably required for the protection of the independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness of the Public Protector in the exercise and performance of his or her powers and functions.
Powers and functions
112. (1) The Public Protector shall, in addition to any powers and functions assigned to him or her by any law, be competent—