‘Picket n Pay’: Niehaus trolled over ‘renting a crowd’ for public protector protest

Suspended former ANC military veterans movement president Carl Niehaus is the butt of social media jokes after some accused him of renting a crowd to stage a protest in support of suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. 

Niehaus picketed outside the Constitutional Court on Thursday in support of Mkhwebane when the court heard applications to appeal the Western Cape High Court’s decision declaring her suspension invalid.

The court heard three consolidated applications on the matter, including leave to appeal brought by the DA and the president against the high court order.

Mkhwebane also brought an urgent application for leave to appeal an October high court ruling rejecting her bid to immediately return to work.