institution and his appointment was later found to have been invalid by the Constitutional Court. However, the ANC members said that the advocate had a very good interview and I appreciate that I did not have the benefit of participating in that one interview due to other duties, however, it should be remembered that Advocate Mkhwebane also had a very good interview for the position of Public Protector and many of us were persuaded by the ANC to support her. We have learnt a hard lesson to be far more cautious - once bitten, twice shy.