Hearings into suspended National Prosecuting Authority chief Vusi Pikoli’s fitness to hold office will continue on Tuesday.
Suspended head of the National Prosecuting Authority Vusi Pikoli had a feeling that the the Special Browse Mole Report would cause trouble.
President Thabo Mbeki was shocked when told that warrants had been issued against police chief Jackie Selebi, the Ginwala inquiry heard on Wednesday.
Suspended NPA head Vusi Pikoli and police chief Jackie Selebi wept together at a meeting during which Pikoli quizzed Selebi over criminal allegations.
Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s case has been transferred to the Johannesburg High Court for trial to begin on April 14 2009.
The arrest warrant against police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi was cancelled last year because acting prosecutions boss Mokotedi Mpshe thought the Scorpions might undermine him and serve it while he was still reviewing the matter, the inquiry into Pikoli’s fitness to hold office heard on Friday.
Suspended prosecuting head Vusi Pikoli considered ”unconstitutional” an instruction by Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Brigitte Mabandla not to pursue warrants of arrest for police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi. This was evidence on Thursday in the Ginwala inquiry’s hearing into the fitness of Pikoli to serve as National Director of Public Prosecutions.
Travel agent Flight Centre said it was ”blindsided” by the sudden closure of Nationwide Airlines and had gone into a crisis meeting to decide how to deal with the matter, with no information forthcoming from the airline, a spokesperson said. ”We were absolutely blindsided, we were completely unaware,” said Amanda Hardy.
Zimbabwe police have pressed fraud charges related to a hotel booking against a Johannesburg-based pilot arrested while flying Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai to election rallies, the party said on Wednesday. Zimbabwe’s police were not able to confirm the arrest.
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African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s last-ditch bid to prevent key documents from being used against him came to an end on Wednesday when the Constitutional Court reserved judgement. On Thursday, Zuma stayed away from the court building.