<Li> No person or organ of state may interfere with the functioning of these institutions . </Li> <Li> These institutions are accountable to the National Assembly, and must report on their activities and the performance of their functions to the Assembly at least once a year . </Li> <P> The Public Protector, since October 2016, is Busisiwe Mkhwebane . She succeeded former Law Reform Commissioner and advocate, Thuli Madonsela who took up the post in October 2009 . Madonsela succeeded Lawrence Mushwana, who took office on 15 October 2002 . Selby Baqwa, Mushwana's predecessor, was the first person to hold that office from its inception in 1995 . </P> <P> The office of the Public protector has been faced with harsh criticism by parliament specifically by the majority party for requesting an increase of R200m in the budget allocation for additional resources . With the justice portfolio committee chairman Mathole Motshekga being critical of the budget and strategic presentation presented by Adv . Thuli Madonsela . </P>

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