GOLDEN HANDSHAKE
Zuma in climbdown over ex-NPA boss Nxasana
Jacob Zuma’s lawyer says payment to the former national director of public prosecutions was unlawful
President Jacob Zuma made yet another major admission in court on Tuesday, conceding that the R17m golden handshake offered to former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Mxolisi Nxasana was unlawful. Zuma’s lawyer, Ishmael Semenya, said that the payment to the former national director of public prosecutions was unlawful and that Nxasana should pay back the money. Zuma has made similar about-turns in court recently. He conceded in the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein that the decision to drop corruption charges against him in 2009 had been irrational. This was after a protracted legal battle. This was also after he told the Constitutional Court that he would pay back the money for the Nkandla "security upgrades" — this too came about after a protracted legal battle. Zuma’s latest climbdown has created another legal headache. If Nxasana’s resignation was unlawful, what should happen to the current leadership of the NPA? The court has given the applicants, the respondents...
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