When she was chosen, I was prepared to give her the benefit of the doubt. After all she did have the support of almost all the parties in the country (the only real objections were from the DA) so it was at least feasible that perhaps the DA was simply wrong about her, or that she would take the responsibilities of her office to heart and do a good job of it.

Considering this report however, I would say that benefit of the doubt has been squandered- all evidence now points to this important office also having become a Gupta captured institution. What a sad outcome.

The public protector has no authority over the constitution. An amendment like this would require a 2/3rd majority vote in parliament (which is unlikely to be found). And even if you believe state banks are a good thing - it makes no compelling case for them, cites no examples or evidence - does not even name authors (what it has to do with the subject she was investigating is an open question anyway).