The DA said it would ask Parliament to haul new NPA boss Shaun Abrahams before it if he drops charges against his deputy, Nomgcobo Jiba.
Records show how the National Prosecuting Authority had felt Riah Phiyega "did not keep the confidentiality that was so obviously required of her".
Mike Hellens has asked Menzi Simelane if he was trying to "duck the obligation" to hand over a letter after lawyers requested all correspondence.
Abrahams should take advantage of Zuma’s vulnerability as the president’s grip on power and influence through patronage will wane along with his term.
The new head of the NPA, Shaun Abrahams, will have to prove that he is his ‘own man’ and not to be messed with.
President Jacob Zuma has appointed a new NPA head, Shaun Abrahams, who says under his watch the NPA will be guided by the Constitution.
Two news stories highlight ongoing political meddling that subverts the rule of law.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC, a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
It is vitally important to liberate the prosecuting authority from any form of political interference.
The real prospect of failing to force Nxasana out led to the president’s unedifying backdown
The inquiry into the NPA boss has been cancelled by the president, who says he is currently "engaging with Nxasana".
The inquiry into whether the prosecutions boss is fit for the job has been terminated just as it was due to begin, on the orders of the president.
The NPA and other state institutions are working together to speed up the prosecution of perpetrators who commit xenophobic attacks.
Willie Hofmeyr’s stated motive to defend the NPA has failed, as political meddling has only become worse after Mbeki.
The contractor at the centre of R60m fraud claims has been suspended from his plum government job
The National Prosecuting Authority is going ahead with its review of Oscar Pistorius’s conviction after the state called for a harsher sentence.
The dropping of corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma will be back on the courts roll as the NPA opposes the DA’s call to review the case.
DA leader Helen Zille says the party has filed for a review of the courts decision to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.
Recommendations against the key actors in the Richard Mdluli fraud case have gone unheeded.
DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach plans to reintroduce a Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament this year to save SA’s "prosecutorial independence".
An inquest has found that Duduzane Zuma conducted himself in an unreasonable manner when his car hit a taxi in February, killing a passenger.
NPA spokesperson Nathi Mncube says the authority is now in the hands of the Supreme Court of Appeal to set a date for the Oscar Pistorius appeal.
Evidence released to the DA raises significant questions regarding the dropping of graft charges against President Jacob Zuma.
A R5m silver handshake is apparently not enough to make National Prosecuting Authority head Mxolisi Nxasana step down quietly. He wants R7.5m.
The NPA denies it interfered in Julius Malema’s corruption case, saying its decision to prosecute Malema was based on credible evidence.
Presidency Spokesperson Mac Maharaj rebuffs Mzi Khumalo’s claims on the spy tapes as ‘wild speculation’.
The national police commissioner will not be prosecuted following accusations of her interfering in an on-going crime intelligence investigation.
NPA spokesperson Nathi Mncube says the high court should consider keeping Oscar Pistorius in custody "until the matter is finished".
Mokotedi Mpshe says he is not threatened by the prospect of his decision to drop corruption charges against Jacob Zuma being taken on review.
The National Prosecuting Authority says claims that its chief executive raided and took documents from Lawrence Mrwebi’s office are "distorted".
Following the NPA’s request for all advocates to supply copies of their qualifications, Nomgcobo Jiba has questioned why this is happening now.
Nearly two months after the presidency announced a commission of inquiry into Mxolisi Nxasana, the NPA boss’s fate is still uncertain.