Pretoria High Court denies Hawks boss Ntlemeza leave to appeal
Full bench says his appeal against the ruling setting aside his appointment has little prospect of succeeding
The High Court in Pretoria has denied former Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza leave to appeal a March ruling setting aside his appointment. A full bench of the court on Wednesday concluded Ntlemeza had little prospect of successfully overturning a March 17 ruling that a decision to appoint him to head the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation was irrational. "We do not consider that there are compelling reasons for leave to appeal to be granted," Judge Peter Mabuse said. Court proceedings were briefly delayed by the withdrawal of newly appointed Police Minister Fikile Mbalula from the case. Former minister Nathi Nhleko had been the first respondent in the case, and the withdrawal did not affect proceedings on Wednesday. The Helen Suzman Foundation and Freedom Under Law, which brought the original application, have also launched a counter-application seeking to enforce Ntlemeza's immediate removal from office, pending any appeal or Supreme Court of Appeal petition. The groups broug...
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