Suspended senior prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach has hit back at the National Prosecuting Authority for the catalogue of charges brought against her.
The state has been caught between a brick and a hard place in its crackdown on long-running cartels in South Africa’s construction industry.
Suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach’s usual gruffness softened as she took centre stage in her disciplinary hearing.
Glynnis Breytenbach’s lawyer accuses her boss of adding a ‘scurrilous gloss’ to the complaint
The National Prosecuting Authority has accused an attorney, testifying for Glynnis Breytenbach, of making up evidence during the disciplinary hearing.
Fight over Sishen Iron Ore has taken centre stage in case against prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach.
Advocate Wim Trengove, representing Glynnis Breytenbach at her disciplinary hearing, has tried to show that the NPA had no grounds to suspend her.
Businesses will circumvent the law to protect their interests if government is corrupt, writes Songezo Zibi.
Top prosecutors at the NPA were overwhelmingly in favour of pressing ahead with the corruption case against Jacob Zuma, says a newspaper report.
Mac Maharaj did his best to spin President Jacob Zuma’s withdrawal of his legal action against Jonathan Shapiro.
A priority crimes litigation unit exists in the National Prosecuting Authority and has a mandate to prosecute apartheid-era human rights violators.
Parliament’s oversight committee on justice has expressed concern over the length of time it has taken to appoint a new head of the NPA.
After a 10-year legal war, President Jacob Zuma is trying to prevent the tapes that got him off the hook from being made public.
President Jacob Zuma has asked the North Gauteng High Court to clarify what records regarding the so-called spy tapes should be released.
Senior ANC parliamentarian Yolanda Botha has found herself in increasingly hot water after the NPA froze her Kimberley house and other assets.
Lawyers acting for President Jacob Zuma have failed to meet the deadline to file court papers in response to the DA’s request for the spy tapes.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s annual report has revealed the number of finalised sexual offence cases has dropped for 2011/12.
The NPA has confirmed that it has appointed Eastern Cape Advocate Selby Mbenenge SC as chairperson in the disciplinary hearing of Glynnis Breytenbach.
The claim to records based on public interest is outweighed by the need to fight corruption, says the National Prosecuting Authority.
In a blistering judgment, the Constitutional Court has set aside President Jacob Zuma’s decision to appoint Menzi Simelane as prosecutions boss.
The decision to charge the Marikana miners with murder was based on the same logic that was used to convict taxi-driver Jacob Humphries of murder.
Within a few days of the NPA announcement that it was dropping charges of murder against 270 Lonmin miners, a spoof had made its way on the internet.
The NPA’s reputation has taken a hammering after the Lonmin killings, despite it having provisionally withdrawn the murder charges against the miners.
Controversial National Prosecuting Authority strongman Lawrence Mrwebi is at the centre of new claims of trying to interfere with an investigation.
Mac Maharaj has raised an important point about the NPA. Certainly, if members are acting outside the law it is hugely worrying.
Sandile July, the attorney presiding over the disciplinary hearing of suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach recused himself from the case.
The authority’s advocate, William Mokhari has told the disciplinary hearing that they wants a new chairperson to lead the inquiry.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s witness, Ronnie Mendelow, has testified that Glynnis Breytenbach was biased in a criminal investigation.
An NPA risk specialist has testified that suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach delayed handing over her work laptop during an investigation.
NPA integrity management unit senior manager Hercules Wasserman claims suspended NPA prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach leaked information to the media.
A witness in suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach’s hearing says she deleted evidence from her work laptop before returning it to the NPA.
The disciplinary hearing of suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach was postponed to Tuesday after hours of technical arguments at the NPA’s offices.