Willie Hofmeyr may not be someone to compromise his principles, but compromise is one of his principles.
The NPA on Monday said it was "neither possible nor desirable for the NPA to continue with the prosecution of Mr Zuma".
The NPA said it would make its announcement on how it would proceed with African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s case on Monday.
The decision to drop charges must be scrutinised rigorously and openly, using all the legislative and constitutional instruments at our disposal.
The NPA should be able to say by Friday when it intends to announce whether charges against Jacob Zuma would be dropped, it said on Tuesday.
Zola Ngcakani has given ”inadequate reasons” for dismissing a probe into allegations that Thabo Mbeki’s phone was tapped, the DA said on Tuesday.
ANC president Jacob Zuma is waiting, like the rest of South Africa, to hear whether the NPA will drop graft charges against him.
The NPA by Monday afternoon had not announced a decision on whether or not it would drop corruption charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma.
The NPA has not behaved properly in its bid to prosecute presidential frontrunner Jacob Zuma, ANC’s Mathews Phosa said on Tuesday.
The ANC leadership did not discuss the case against party president Jacob Zuma at a two-day meeting in Esselen Park, the ANC secretary general said.
African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma might know his fate before the end of this month, it emerged on Friday.
Reports that the NPA is considering dropping charges against Jacob Zuma are rattling investor confidence, said DA leader Helen Zille on Friday.
Mo Shaik was criticised by the ANC Youth League on Wednesday for suggesting that party leader Jacob Zuma’s charges would be dropped.
The NPA has let it be known that it has been supplied with additional information by Zuma’s lawyers which has necessitated further investigation.
Opposition parties have been quick to hit out at the reported intention of the NPA to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma.
ANC chief Jacob Zuma and his party have won the first round in their Constitutional Court battle to prove the NPA acted unlawfully in prosecuting him.
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/ 16 February 2009
Lawyers for ANC leader Jacob Zuma will make representations to the National Prosecuting Authority on Friday, a spokesperson said on Monday.
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/ 9 February 2009
Jacob Zuma’s lawyers were expected to make representations to the NPA on his criminal case on Monday, NPA spokesperson Tlali Tlali said.
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/ 6 February 2009
Niren Tolsi reports on the support network that swung into action for ANC president Jacob Zuma’s court appearance this week.
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/ 4 February 2009
The next time ANC president Jacob Zuma steps into the Pietermaritzburg High Court, it may well be as the president of the country.
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/ 4 February 2009
The African National Congress on Wednesday confirmed that it would join Jacob Zuma in his legal battle as friends of the court.
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/ 4 February 2009
ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma will emerge from the forthcoming election with a criminal prosecution hanging over his head.
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/ 3 February 2009
The Constitutional Court rejected the electronic filing of Zuma’s latest court appeal and is still waiting for a hard copy version, an official said.
Judge President John Hlophe has returned to
work, stirring controversy and speculation, write
Nic Dawes and Sello S Alcock.
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/ 30 January 2009
Housing Minister and ANC NEC member Lindiwe Sisulu on Jacob Zuma being the party’s presidential candidate despite having to juggle
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/ 27 January 2009
Lawyers for Jacob Zuma can still approach the NPA to make representations on his case, even though they missed the January 26 deadline, said the NPA.
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/ 26 January 2009
The challenges that face us are many, made worse by the legacy of apartheid and the service delivery inefficiencies of the democratic era.
Row erupted after Zuma allegedly consulted a different legal team from the one that has represented him for years to make submissions to the NPA.
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/ 20 January 2009
The ANC national working committee resolved to ”become fully involved” in Jacob Zuma’s graft case, spokesperson Carl Niehaus said on Tuesday.
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/ 19 January 2009
Jacob Zuma’s graft case and ‘tensions’ within the ANC involving President Kgalema Motlanthe are on the agenda of the party’s Monday committee meeting.
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/ 15 January 2009
The National Prosecuting Authority must drop graft charges against Jacob Zuma, ANC youth leader Julius Malema said on Thursday.
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/ 15 January 2009
The ANC won’t change the Constitution to protect Jacob Zuma from corruption charges, party youth leader Julius Malema said on Thursday.