Axed NPA officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi were accused of receiving bribes, but the latest state capture report makes no recommendations against any particular persons
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The NDPP said in court papers that there has been “a fundamental breakdown in trust” between Jiba and the NPA.
This is despite the Constitutional Court quashing a bid to debar the former NPA officials
President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired advocates Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi, as recommended by the Mokgoro inquiry. Read the Mokgoro report here
In a letter to each of the top prosecutors, President Ramaphosa pulled no punches accusing the pair of lying to him
An inquiry into the pair’s fitness for office has found them lacking on multiple grounds
Before the Mokgoro report is made public, the pair will have an opportunity to respond to it
President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended the deputy director of public prosecutions in October 2018, pending the outcome of the Mokgoro inquiry
Nomgcobo Jiba said one thing to President Cyril Ramaphosa in August 2018 about the prosecution of former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen
In closing arguments, the counsel for the embattled NPA deputy has argued that the narrative of her alleged “capture” is not borne out by fact
Freedom Under Law is one of the NGO’s that has litigated at length over the ‘the unlawful interference in the functioning and operations of the NPA’
The embattled deputy national director of public prosecutions said basing decisions on public perceptions could be dangerous
Monday was the first time the embattled deputy prosecutions has been cross-examined on the allegations against her
New revelations about attempt to influence the NPA’s decisions came to light during Lawrence Mrwebi’s cross-examination at the Mokgoro inquiry
The suspended deputy national director of public prosecutions said she was paraded before a court as a criminal
Lawrence Mrwebi denied he was part of an alleged plot to stymie the investigation into the company
Jiba’s testimony on Thursday was the first time she has told her side of the story after years of criticism
Suspended SCCU boss refutes Angelo Agrizzi’s Zondo commission testimony
Lawrence Mrwebi says he had no reason to protect former crime intelligence head Richard Mdluli when he withdrew corruption charges against him
Last month, Agrizzi testified at the Zondo commission that suspended deputy prosecutions boss Nomgcobo Jiba accepted bribes and blocked prosecutions
The NPA, led by then acting head Mokotedi Mpshe, in 2009 dropped corruption charges against Zuma two weeks before the 2009 general elections
Until now, the former national director of public prosecutions has not been cross-examined
The racketeering charges against Johan Booysen related to what was publicly known as the Cato Manor ‘death squad’
The former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss was charged with racketeering because he got in the way of the business interests of Edward Zuma.
The former head of the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal, Johan Booysen, will be taking the stand against suspended deputy NDPP Nomgcobo Jiba
Inquiry looks closely at how charges against crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli were withdrawn
Deputy NDPP Willie Hofmeyr says ‘obstacles to corruption and the capture of the state’ were prosecuted under Nomgcobo Jiba
There was no good reason to withdraw fraud charges against former crime intelligence head Richard Mdluli, the Mokgoro inquiry heard on Wednesday
The Pretoria director of public prosecutions will likely answer questions related to the Richard Mdluli probe
Glynnis Breytenbach testified that it was not inexperience which led to the decisions made by the suspended deputy NDPP
The Mokgoro inquiry will look into cases for which Jiba and Mrwebi were criticised, including the withdrawal of the case against Richard Mdluli
A senior prosecutor was ‘worried’ that Richard Mdluli was ‘being protected’ when corruption charges were dropped against him