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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Andrew Chauke and colleagues asked that their version be read at the commission and included in its final report
Under the NPA Act, Parliament may still reverse Ramaphosa’s decision to fire Jiba. There is also Part B of her court case, still to come
The NDPP said in court papers that there has been “a fundamental breakdown in trust” between Jiba and the NPA.
Former prosecutions boss Mxolisi Nxasana says his deputy Nomgcobo Jiba tried to dig up dirt on him
The former NDPP is set to appear before the Zondo commission
In her affidavit, the ex-deputy prosecutions head argues that her removal was unconstitutional
The alleged ally of former president Jacob Zuma and has been accused of being a key figure in the alleged capture of the criminal justice cluster
This is despite the Constitutional Court quashing a bid to debar the former NPA officials
The judgment comes as the pair wait to hear if Parliament will ratify President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to fire them
Bigwigs in the NPA played their part in Zuma’s godly game by destabilising the NPA and ensuring the prosecution of people considered Zuma’s enemies
The lawyer for the axed deputy prosecutions head raised concerns that Mxolisi Nxasana’s evidence was timed to sway public opinion
In a statement on Friday, Jiba said the report had “numerous elementary but gross errors of judgment”
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
The top prosecutor is declared unfit for office and compromised the integrity of the NPA
An inquiry into the pair’s fitness for office has found them lacking on multiple grounds
Crime intelligence allegedly intercepted a phone call between a Hawks investigator and Thoshan Panday during a probe of the Durban business tycoon
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
Two statements to the Mokgoro inquiry give insight into Jiba’s discussions, usually confidential, with her lawyers
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’
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