Deputy national director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba will remain on special leave until the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) gives her the green light to return to work.
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NPA:- Nomgcobo Jiba still on holiday until Shaun Abrahams gives the go ahead for her return
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Helen Zille launches court battle against public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane
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Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has launched her court bid to take public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on judicial review and, in doing so, the controversial leader has once again defended her infamous tweets on colonialism.
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Jacob Zuma News:- State will pay legal fees until court rules otherwise
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The state will carry on covering former president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees until a court decides otherwise, the Presidency confirmed on Wednesday.
“You guys have not been listening to us,” said Presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko, in response to reports that Zuma’s legal fees are still being covered by the state.
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Judge ordered SAPS to pay legal fees of security cops accused of murdering MK fighter
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The Pretoria high court has ordered the South African Police Service to pay the legal fees of three apartheid-era security policemen who are accused of murdering Umkhonto weSizwe fighter Nokuthula Simelane.
Judge Cynthia Pretorius handed down judgment on June 5 after the gruelling litigation led to numerous delays in the………..
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Zuma’s Dead Horse, the Apartheid Regime is still being beaten for murders long long ago
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The Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have begun a probe into the circumstances around the death in 1967 of ANC leader Albert Luthuli.
Luthuli, who had been banned from addressing public gatherings and placed under house arrest by the apartheid regime, died after being hit by a train near his home in Groutville, near KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, on July 21 1967.
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The Zuma trial means his toxic legacy will haunt SA for years to come
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The upcoming Jaco Zuma trial looks like it will take years to come to an end. At this stage, it might even take years to get going.
The latest instalment in South Africa’s longest running political soap opera played out dramatically on 16 March when Shaun Abrahams,
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ANCYL in KZN vows to support Zuma during his trail
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The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday said it would be supporting former President Jacob Zuma when he appeared in court to face charges.
Last week, National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams announced he had decided to reinstate charges against Zuma after the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned former NDPP head Mokotedi Mpshe’s decision to set the charges aside.
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NPA head Shaun Abrahams set to announce decision on Zuma prosecution
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National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Shaun Abrahams is expected to make his much-anticipated announcement on Friday afternoon on whether or not former president Jacob Zuma will be facing criminal charges.
The announcement will be made at 15:30 at the NPA offices in Silverton, Pretoria, spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku told News24.
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NPA wants state capture suspects extradited, says Abrahams
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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will apply to have the suspects in state capture investigations extradited‚ said National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams on Wednesday.
Abrahams was addressing parliament’s portfolio committees on justice and police in a combined sitting‚ along with Hawks head Lieutenant-General Yolisa Matakata.
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Shaun Abrahams sets deadline to communicate Zuma decision
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Cape Town – The National Director of Public Prosecutions will confirm his decision relating to the corruption charges against Jacob Zuma to the lawyers of the former president and the affected parties by March 15, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday.
Spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku said the State attorney’s office has written to the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) confirming Shaun Abrahams had reached a decision and would be communicating this by the cut-off date, less than three weeks away.
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Will NPA prosecute Zuma
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JOHANNESBURG – Today is the deadline for a team of prosecutors considering former president Jacob Zuma’s representations to make a recommendation to prosecutions boss Shaun Abrahams on whether or not to reinstate charges relating to fraud and corruption.
Zuma submitted reasons as to why he should not have his day in court at the end of last month, nine years after the original decision to prosecute was withdrawn.
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‘Zuma Is Going To Have His Day In Court Soon And It’s Going To Be Ugly’
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Jacob Zuma is set to face the music — soon he will be charged with the arms-deal corruption case and he might face ill-discipline charges by his party. The Sunday Times has revealed that the National Prosecuting Authority is going to recommend that some of the charges against Zuma be reinstated, having lined up more than 200 witnesses to testify against him.
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