State fails to keep Nomgcobo Jiba off the stand
Disgraced Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions has to answer questions about her letter suspending NPA’s Glynnis Breytenbach
Disgraced Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba was boxed into a corner on Thursday after the state failed in an application to keep her off the stand in the trial of former commercial crimes court prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach who, along with her former lawyer‚ Gerhard Wagenaar‚ were on trial in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court for defeating the ends of justice and contravening the National Prosecuting Act. The charges relate to Breytenbach deleting information from her official National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) laptop and Wagenaar allegedly refusing to hand over the computer to NPA officials as part of an internal investigation conducted on Breytenbach. But the court’s focus has been turned to Jiba‚ who suspended Breytenbach. Breytenbach‚ who was found not guilty of 15 charges brought against her in an internal disciplinary hearing‚ believes her suspension by Jiba was orchestrated to stop her from having former crime intelligence boss‚ Richard Mdlu...
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