President Jacob Zuma’s failure to accede to the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) request to institute an inquiry into Nomgcobo Jiba’s fitness to hold the office of a Deputy National Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) has led to the party taking “further steps”.
These will be outlined by DA leader Mmusi Maimane‚ its shadow justice minister advocate Glynnis Breytenbach and party spokesperson Refiloe Nt’sekhe at the Silverton headquarters of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday.
Earlier this month‚ new NPA head Shaun Abrahams announced‚ on the eve of Jiba’s trial‚ the decision to drop the fraud and perjury charges Jiba.
The charges relate to her handling of the case against Johan Booysen‚ the Hawks head in KwaZulu-Natal. He and the Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit he headed were charged with racketeering.
In February last year‚ Durban High Court Judge Trevor Gorven dismissed the charges and said Jiba’s decision to pursue the case against Booysen was “arbitrary“.
He added that her actions offended “the principle of legality and therefore the rule of law” and were “unconstitutional“.
Gorven ruled that Jiba had lied under oath while justifying her decision to prosecute Booysen.
Abrahams said the regional head of the Specialised Commercial Crimes Unit‚ Marshall Mokgatle‚ had decided to drop the charges against Jiba on the basis of Section 78 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act‚ which states that “any person generally or specifically authorised to perform any function in terms of this act shall not in his or her personal capacity be liable for anything done in good faith“.
The DA‚ at the time‚ said the decision was questionable given “the slew of prima facie evidence against Jiba and her destructive track record at the NPA“.
Breytenbach said: “This is confirmation that President Jacob Zuma dispensed of [former NPA head] Mxolisi Nxasana to install a man who has been given a mandate to protect Zuma and his long-standing ally in the NPA‚ Jiba.”
She said Abrahams had implicated himself by getting Jiba off the hook.
“Such poor decision-making so early in his tenure is truly disappointing‚” Breytenbach said.
DA to announce ‘further steps’ on Jiba
President Jacob Zuma’s failure to accede to the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) request to institute an inquiry into Nomgcobo Jiba’s fitness to hold the office of a Deputy National Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) has led to the party taking “further steps”.
These will be outlined by DA leader Mmusi Maimane‚ its shadow justice minister advocate Glynnis Breytenbach and party spokesperson Refiloe Nt’sekhe at the Silverton headquarters of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday.
Earlier this month‚ new NPA head Shaun Abrahams announced‚ on the eve of Jiba’s trial‚ the decision to drop the fraud and perjury charges Jiba.
The charges relate to her handling of the case against Johan Booysen‚ the Hawks head in KwaZulu-Natal. He and the Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit he headed were charged with racketeering.
In February last year‚ Durban High Court Judge Trevor Gorven dismissed the charges and said Jiba’s decision to pursue the case against Booysen was “arbitrary“.
He added that her actions offended “the principle of legality and therefore the rule of law” and were “unconstitutional“.
Gorven ruled that Jiba had lied under oath while justifying her decision to prosecute Booysen.
Abrahams said the regional head of the Specialised Commercial Crimes Unit‚ Marshall Mokgatle‚ had decided to drop the charges against Jiba on the basis of Section 78 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act‚ which states that “any person generally or specifically authorised to perform any function in terms of this act shall not in his or her personal capacity be liable for anything done in good faith“.
The DA‚ at the time‚ said the decision was questionable given “the slew of prima facie evidence against Jiba and her destructive track record at the NPA“.
Breytenbach said: “This is confirmation that President Jacob Zuma dispensed of [former NPA head] Mxolisi Nxasana to install a man who has been given a mandate to protect Zuma and his long-standing ally in the NPA‚ Jiba.”
She said Abrahams had implicated himself by getting Jiba off the hook.
“Such poor decision-making so early in his tenure is truly disappointing‚” Breytenbach said.
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