President Jacob Zuma may be drawn into the sticky issue of dealing with justice Director General Menzi Simelane.
Details of the PSC’s investigation into the conduct of Menzi Simelane should be released to the public, the DA said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 December 2008
Parliament’s recess has been cut short to table President Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision to axe suspended prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli.
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/ 9 December 2008
Justice department boss Menzi Simelane is to be probed by the Public Service Commission for his role in the suspension of ex-NPA boss Vusi Pikoli.
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/ 21 September 2008
Some South African officials indeed appear to be pursuing a ”no transparency” approach.
Justice Department DG received a harsh rebuke from Constitutional Court judges this week over a challenge regarding the dissolution of the Scorpions.
The justice department has rejected a report that its head, Menzi Simelane, asked suspended prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli’s staff to spy on Pikoli.
How justice boss asked Vusi Pikoli’s staff to spy on him, helped the ANC with its anti-Scorpions submission, and told Mbeki the NPA was after him.
The ANC’s campaign to shut down the Scorpions is being bolstered by direct assistance from Justice Director General Menzi Simelane.
In a one-party dominant state like SA, officials with political aspirations that suit the ANC are allowed to ride roughshod over our hard-won values.
The Scorpions registered its own investigation into the arms deal with Britain’s BAE Systems earlier this year.
Pikoli accuses Simelane of meddling in the affairs of the constitutionally independent authority.
Suspended national prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli was ”bitterly disappointed” at a two-day delay in the inquiry into his fitness to hold office.
Director General in the Department of Justice Menzi Simelane faced a barrage of questions on Monday about his complaints against NPA head Vusi Pikoli.
Justice department director general Menzi Simelane had been ”blatantly dishonest” with the Ginwala inquiry into suspended head prosecutor Vusi Pikoli.
It was touted to be a friendly, "inquisitorial" forum, but had all the elements of a bitter family feud where old comrades squared up in new battles. On the one side: the mandarins of the state and the political party that brought liberation, fighting to protect old networks of solidarity.
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.
A scanner costing R43-million — the first of 18 — has been put into operation at Durban harbour’s container terminal, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) said on Tuesday. Leonard Radebe, head of customs at Sars, said the scanner would improve turnaround times at the congested Durban terminal.
The Cabinet has dismissed renewed allegations of President Thabo Mbeki’s involvement in arms-deal corruption as baseless and mere speculation. Wednesday’s fortnightly Cabinet meeting had noted media reports regarding the investigation by German authorities into the allegations of corruption in the arms deal.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) submitted parliamentary questions to President Thabo Mbeki on Monday, asking him to clear the air on his alleged involvement in the arms deal. The <i>Sunday Times</i> reported that business magnate Tokyo Sexwale had made an "impassioned plea" for Mbeki "to take the ANC into his confidence".
Senior African National Congress leader Tokyo Sexwale has called on President Thabo Mbeki to explain his involvement in the controversial multibillion-rand arms deal, a media report said on Sunday. Sexwale made an impassioned plea to a hushed ANC national executive committee meeting on Friday for Mbeki "to take the ANC into his confidence".
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/ 25 October 2007
Everyone knew Lucky Dube was a big star, as synonymous with reggae in Africa as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were on the world stage.