Head Office: Pretoria 175 Lunnon Street Hillcrest Office Park Pretoria, 0083, Private Bag X67 Pretoria, 0001 Toll free: 0800 11 2040 Tol: 012 366 7000 Fax: 012 362 3473 PUBLIC PROTECIOR registration2@pprotect.org ‘www publicprotector.o7g SCOUTH AFRICA Facebook: Public Protector South Africa Twitter: @PubliProtector Accountability Integrity + Responsiveness ‘Umvikeli Womphakathi Our Ref: Alfred Mhlongo Email: AlfredM@pprotect.org Your Ref: JSM/TDM/crl/LT4427 ADAMS & ADAMS Lynnwood Bridge 4 Daventry Street Lynnwood Manor Pretoria 0081 Attention: Mr. Jac Marais Delivered via email: Jac.Marais@adams.atrica Dear Sirs, RE: URGENT; REPORT ON AN INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF PROCUREMENT IRREGULARITIES, IRREGULAR APPOINTMENT AND MALADMINISTRATION RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MS T.H. BOTHA 1. We refer to your letter dated 3 October 2019 and your application papers served electronically on our offices. 2. We confirm the telephonic conversation between yourself and the writer hereof on even date and advise that, with the exception of certain limited instances where there may be a legal or factual reason for doing so, it is indeed the Office of the Public Protector’s normal practice not to oppose interim orders suspending the implementation of its remedial action, pending review applications of the Public Protector's reports. Page 1of23. We are accordingly agreeable to the remedial action set out in the Public Protector's report to be suspended pending the final determination of your client's review application 4. As such, in respect of Part A of your client's application, we consent to an order being taken by consent that the remedial action in paragraph 7 of the Public Protector Report No. 41 of 2019/20 of 16 September 2019, is suspended pending the final determination of Part B of your client's review application. 5. _ We confirm our agreement that there shall be no order in respect of the costs. 6. __Inrespect of Part B of your client's application, we are in the process of instructing our external legal representatives and shall correspond with you more meaningfully regarding an expedited process once we are ceased with the advice of counsel in respect of same. 7. In the interim, kindly do not hesitate to contact the writer hereof should it become necessary for you to do so. ALFRED B MHLONGO SENIOR MANAGER: LEGAL SERVICES PUBLIC PROTECTOR SOUTH AFRICA. | \0 owe 14 (10,2914. Page 2 of 2