/ 24 January 2001

NGCUKA TAKES OVER WITNESS PROTECTION

THE National Directorate of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) will take over the running of the Witness Protection Programme from the Department of Justice, says the unit’s head Bulelani Ngcuka. The effectiveness of the WPP has been questioned following the recent assassination of two witnesses in the programme. They were due to give evidence in the urban terror cases in the Western Cape.