Vusi Pikoli describes charges against Pravin Gordhan as mind-boggling
Former head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Vusi Pikoli has described the aborted decision to charge Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan with fraud as "mind-boggling". Pikoli said on Wednesday that an element of political interference was at play within the prosecuting authority‚ similar to what he had encountered during his time as the national director of public prosecutions. "What I find a little bit startling‚ or mind-boggling‚ is the decision to charge ... Gordhan‚ Ivan Pillay and Oupa Magashula‚" he told radio station CapeTalk. He said it was mind-boggling that experienced and competent prosecutors — working under new prosecutions boss Shaun Abrahams — were involved in the decision to prosecute.
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