Prosecutions head Shaun Abrahams has committed serious misconduct and "plainly displayed" that he was not fit for his job, legal lobby groups said in an urgent application to the high court for his suspension.Abrahams was widely criticised after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) charged Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan with two counts of fraud, sending the rand into free-fall, only to withdraw the charges a few weeks later, admitting that a case against Gordhan would be impossible to prove.Pressure for him to resign mounted on Wednesday, with the opposition DA saying that it will use "all instruments" in Parliament to push Abrahams and Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza out of office, following a litany of scandals.Despite calls, Abrahams has refused to resign. Legal organisations Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation then approached the High Court in Pretoria — late on Tuesday night — to challenge President Jacob Zuma’s lack of action on this score.They want the court to...
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