Glynnis Breytenbach’s legal team has received "an invitation" from the NPA to "discuss her return to work, pending the review application".
The long-awaited announcement of a new head for the National Prosecuting Authority failed to materialise this week.
Political involvement by the ANC has left the NPA and Special Investigating Unit virtually dysfunctional, the Freedom Front Plus has said.
Busy courts and over-crowded jails indicate that the NPA is doing a good job, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has said.
Joburg advocate Mike Hellens SC intends to sue the NPA and other parties for suggesting that he and prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach had an affair.
Budget cuts and unpopular decisions – including its case against Glynnis Breytenbach – are eroding public trust in the National Prosecuting Authority.
The fight against crime in South Africa is stalled as long as President Jacob Zuma waits to fill key positions within the criminal justice system.
In just over a week, delegates sent to Mangaung by ANC branches will vote whether or not to retain President Jacob Zuma.
It is mere perception that the National Prosecuting Authority was politically influenced, acting head Nomgcobo Jiba says.
NPA integrity management unit senior manager Hercules Wasserman claims suspended NPA prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach leaked information to the media.
Before her suspension, the NPA’s Glynnis Breytenbach threatened to challenge in court a decision not to prosecute police spy boss Richard Mdluli.
Prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane appears to be at the centre of a bid to thwart the prosecution in SA of Zim officials accused of torture.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a bid by the DA to access the records that led to the suspension of criminal charges against President Zuma.
A trend has emerged where state intelligence resources are being used in ANC succession battles, especially leading up to elective conferences.
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The trial of two farmworkers accused of killing rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche continues in the High Court sitting in Ventersdorp on Monday.
SA’s new acting prosecutions chief, Nomgcobo Jiba has risen to the highest echelons of the justice system, despite a chequered past within in the NPA.
A local publication reported on Sunday that presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj may have broken the law he hopes to use to prosecute journalists.
The NPA boss, Menzi Simelane, has lost the first round in his fight with his subordinate in KwaZulu-Natal.
Both the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court and the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court gave permission to Gaston Savoi to undertake a business trip to Angola.
Officials in the Asset Forfeiture Unit believe Menzi Simelane is using claims of an assassination plot against him to justify action against the unit.
The state has charged several top ANC officials in a fraud and corruption case involving Uruguayan businessman Gaston Savoi.
The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed receiving a docket containing information gathered during a probe into SIU head Willie Hofmeyr.
Aziz Pahad, has stated that anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September was assassinated 23 years ago because of her knowledge of nuclear military trade.
Between 2005 and 2009 South Africa went through what amounted to a constitutional crisis.
There are indications that he is accused of stifling more than the Ramogibe probe
The Northern Cape ANCYL will not apologise for its attack on chief prosecutor Menzi Simelane following the arrest of provincial minister John Block.
Three senior prosecutors who were set to move to lower courts will return to their offices on Tuesday, it was reported on Monday.
President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday reports that he was not free to appoint a new NPA boss were false.
The DA said it was alarmed that formerly classified information was given to police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s lawyers.
A court interdict preventing police arresting sex workers was granted because the NPA fails to prosecute them, the City of Cape Town said on Tuesday.
Former national director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka must be immediately removed from the board of Transnet, Satawu demanded on Tuesday.
ANC president Jacob Zuma will appear in the Durban High Court on Tuesday for its endorsement of the NPA’s withdrawal of the charges against him.