Judges ‘erred over Jiba’
High court judgment in striking deputy prosecutions head Nomgcobo Jiba from the roll is clouded, advocate contends in bid for appeal
The high court judgment in striking deputy prosecutions head Nomgcobo Jiba from the roll of advocates was "clouded" by a perception former police intelligence head Richard Mdluli was a "bad guy", said Jiba’s counsel in court on Thursday. Jiba, deputy national director of public prosecutions, and Lawrence Mrwebi, head of the specialised commercial crimes unit, are asking the High Court in Pretoria for leave to appeal its judgment in September, striking the two off the roll as not being fit and proper to be advocates. Being struck off as advocates would disqualify them for their posts at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The application for their striking off was made by the General Council of the Bar (GCB), the national advocates body, after they had been rebuked in four judgments, two of them from the Supreme Court of Appeal. The judgments related to three cases, all politically controversial. A full bench of the court — Judges Francis Legodi and Wendy Hughes — found the con...
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