DEPUTY national prosecutions head Nomgcobo Jiba will appeal against the judgment that struck her off the roll of advocates, her lawyer said on Thursday.Judge Francis Legodi on Thursday ruled in favour of the General Council of the Bar’s application to the High Court in Pretoria that Jiba and her colleague, Commercial Crimes Unit head Lawrence Mrwebi, were not fit and proper to be members of the Bar.North Gauteng director of public prosecutions Sibongile Mzinyathi was entirely cleared by the court.To remain in their present posts, both Jiba and Mrwebi must "possess legal qualifications that would entitle him or her to practise in all courts in the republic" — in other words, be either an advocate or an attorney, according to the NPA Act.The embattled deputy national director of public prosecutions has been fending off calls for her to be removed from her post after she was scathingly rebuked in a number of court judgments.An appeal will keep her in her position for the time being. Bu...
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