The deputy chief justice has signalled his ‘extreme concern’ at the disrespectful manner in which the lawyer treated the commission
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/ 23 October 2007
The government was acting according to provisions laid out in the law following the suspension of Vusi Pikoli, the department of Justice and Constitutional Development said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi said the department had taken note of last week’s comments by the Johannesburg Bar Council.
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/ 18 October 2007
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) fears party politics was behind the suspension of National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli, it said on Thursday. The way in which he was suspended raised ”serious suspicion” that the government may have intervened for ”narrow political reasons”, said spokesperson Patrick Craven.
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/ 18 October 2007
Information on the Vusi Pikoli saga seemed to indicate interference with constitutional safeguards, the Johannesburg Bar Council said on Thursday. The controversy about the suspension of the National Director of Public Prosecutions required a strong and unambiguous response from the government, said the council.