The office of the PP is just as strong as the person holding it. Always amuses me how the "progressive" side of the debate gets all excited about the checks and balances built into the constitution, when the checks and balances are there only due to the insistence of the Nat government! Like our constitution was something that was created by divine intervention.

The major problem with the checks and balances brought by the so called chapter 9 institutions and the constitutional court is that they are only as strong as the people holding office. Despite being Zuma deployments Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and former PP Thuli Madonsela stood their ground and did their job without fear or favour. Zuma and the ANC will not make this mistake again - as the appointment of Mkhwebane illustrates. Wait for the onslaught on the judiciary to start...Hlaudi for Chief Justice!