All eyes are on Jacob Zuma as South Africa tries to anticipate his next move
The representations were initially supposed to be submitted in November 2017, but NPA head Shaun Abrahams extended the deadline to January 31, 2018
The ANC is wrestling with ways to get the president to agree to vacate office before 2019
"The failure of the NPA to act swiftly and vigorously against those involved in state capture shows that there has been a dereliction of duty."
According to Abrahams’ answering affidavit, he contested the High Court’s finding that there was no vacancy which resulted in his appointment.
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Ramaphosa would be jumping the gun if he tried to act on the prosecutions head now
The ANC’s new national executive and integrity committee will be able to call him to account
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President Jacob Zuma’s legal team has filed an application to appeal his most immediate prior loss — his inability to appoint the next head of the NPA
The court decision on Shaun Abrahams, Jacob Zuma and Mxolisi Nzasana isn’t judicial overreach
The president now has until January 31 to argue why he should not face prosecution for charges of corruption and fraud.
President Jacob Zuma’s office on Friday said he too would appeal the judgment, even though he had not yet fully considered it.
The fate of the National Prosecuting Authority could be determined at the ANC national conference
What happened in a meeting between the president and the former NPA boss will determine their futures
​The high court on Tuesday made no promises on exactly when it would deliver judgement on whether Mxolisi Nxasana was properly removed as NDPP in 2015
If a fresh indictment is served on the president, Gwede Mantashe wields the power to axe his boss
Photographer, filmmaker and activist Peter McKenzie — ‘who wielded his camera the way other people use petrol bombs or saxophones’ — has died
With his appeal rejected, it will be tough for the president to avoid his long-standing charges
No sitting president has ever been charged with a criminal offence in South Africa.
Zuma’s artful dodger may be beyond criminal accountability but the NPA, and its contradictions, is not.
"We know the extent of the rot in the state and we know the nonstate actors who help the corrupted public officials and elected politicians."
Seemingly stalled probes stoke concerns that the criminal justice system is broken
"With someone as incompetent as Shaun Abrahams around, you have to be very naive to think the NPA does its work without fear or favour."
North Gauteng director of public prosecutions Advocate Sibongile Mzinyathi will also not be suspended.
Stakes are even higher in the courts this year as a number of important cases are due to be heard.
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The president spoke about the Constitution’s history and role, adding that it stipulated the separation of powers.
The DA leader made the remark as he opened a debate meant to focus on the effect of the NPA’s decisions on the economy.
Today was Abrahams’ deadline day after President Jacob Zuma asked for reasons why Abrahams should remain in his position as NDPP.
The North Gauteng High Court took issue with the speed at which the applicants made the application.
The courts are becoming the main theatre of political battles in South Africa as feuding for power and access to state funds intensifies.
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