CASAC CONFIRMATORY ORDER
Shaun Abrahams to give notice on Zuma's prosecution decision
Two weeks’ notice will give Casac time to seek relief should the NPA boss plan to drop charges against Zuma
National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams will give the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) two weeks’ notice before he makes any ruling on President Jacob Zuma’s possible prosecution. Zuma has until January 31 to make representations to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as to why he should not be charged for fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering after the initial 18 charges were dropped in 2009 by former acting prosecutions director Mokotedi Mpshe. In a letter dated January 15, the state attorney wrote to Casac’s lawyer Carina du Toit that "in view of the pending matters arising from the judgment of the full court, advocate Abrahams will give your clients two weeks’ advance notice of his intention to make a decision". A full bench in the High Court in Pretoria declared in December that Zuma was too conflicted to appoint a director as he faced the looming charges, and that the prosecutions chief should be appointe...
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