President Jacob Zuma has given notice of his intention to suspend two senior prosecutors, deputy national director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba and head of the specialised commercial crimes unit Lawrence Mrwebi from office‚ pending an enquiry into their fitness to hold office. The president’s decision follows a judgment of the High Court in Pretoria, which ordered that the names of the two advocates be removed from the roll of advocates. "The president has requested the two advocates to provide him with reasons as to why they cannot be suspended pending the outcome of the enquiry into their fitness to hold office‚" his office said on Tuesday. "After hearing the two advocates‚ the president will then take a decision whether or not to suspend them." In September‚ Judge Francis Legodi ruled in favour of the General Council of the Bar’s application to the High Court in Pretoria that Jiba and Mrwebi were not fit and proper to be members of the Bar. Jiba’s attorney said she would ...
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