The spy tapes saga showed that President Jacob Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had worked in cahoots over the past eight years to keep him from being charged, and so he could not make decisions about the appointment, removal or suspension of the authority’s head, Freedom Under Law told the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. It asked the court to order that the deputy president does so instead. Freedom Under Law and Corruption Watch with the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution brought an application in the court to review the settlement agreement that led to former National Director of Public Prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana leaving office with a R17m golden handshake. The organisations argued that if the court reviewed and set aside the settlement, Nxasana should be reinstated in his position as prosecutions chief, and that current head Shaun Abrahams should vacate the position, as it was never vacant in the first place.
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