Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings
during apartheid
While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time — defending an apartheid-era law
Sugar barons going down and the new marijuana Bill are
timely distractions from thinking
about the old man
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is still deciding whether to prosecute the Tongaat Hulett executives — including its former chief executive — allegedly responsible for the R11-billion fraud which has gutted the sugar and property giant. The 10 former top managers from the company’s South African, Mozambican and Zimbabwean operations were implicated in accounting irregularities, […]
It will take the end of patriarchy and an efficient justice system to jail more offenders
Counsel for late trade unionist Neil Aggett’s family decries the slow pace of instituting an inquest into his death
The trade unionist was found hanged in his cell at the John Vorster Square police station in 1982
In his application for leave to appeal, Zuma argued that an appeal court could find the prosecution had dirty hands so the trial should not proceed
In the past year alone, the Asset Forfeiture Unit has recovered money and assets gained through corruption-related crimes
A letter signed by 40 senior women lawyers called the absence of female silks from the state capture prosecutions team ‘astonishing’
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
A civil society conference later this month will discuss what needs to be done to rebuild state institutions that will serve the public’s needs
The NDPP said in court papers that there has been “a fundamental breakdown in trust” between Jiba and the NPA.
In her affidavit, the ex-deputy prosecutions head argues that her removal was unconstitutional
The letter states that NPA boss Shamila Batohi was “incorrect” to suggest that the Public Protector was exercising a power she did not have
Charges have been dropped against North West residents found with vast quantities of endangered species
An NPA review panel of four prosecutors found the authorisations for the charge — by Abrahams and Jiba — were invalid
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
It is expected that Mxolisi Nxasana will recount the events leading up to his acceptance of a golden handshake from former president Jacob Zuma
A letter purportedly proving that a high-level meeting took place in 2003 to discuss Jacob Zuma’s prosecution is the latest twist in the case
The high court will need to decide whether there was political interference in the Zuma prosecution and, if so, how the law will treat it
The supporters that usually crowded outside the court and in the public gallery were absent at Jacob Zuma’s bid to get off corruption charges
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says he is the victim of a ‘pattern of behaviour’ that has made his name synonymous with corruption
Former president Jacob Zuma’s application for a permanent stay of prosecution is underway in the high court in Pietermaritzburg,
The former president’s counsel wants his corruption case halted because of the NPA’s ‘clandestine’ tactics against him
Cronje held several positions in the National Prosecurity Authority from 1998 to 2012
The Minister of Justice announced that an investigation will reopen over the death of Aggett’s death
he former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head alleged that the then police minister met with prosecutor irregularly
President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired advocates Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi, as recommended by the Mokgoro inquiry. Read the Mokgoro report here
An inquiry into the pair’s fitness for office has found them lacking on multiple grounds
This month, the NPA confirmed the appointment of Matric Luphondo and Andrea Johnson to the directorate, but who will head it is yet to be announced