NPA denies being pressured to get preservation orders against Gupta businesses
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it did not secure preservation orders against Gupta-linked businesses implicated in state capture under pressure from its own people and the secretary-general of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu)‚ Zwelinzima Vavi. The NPA was responding to a report in the Sunday Times that NPA boss Shaun Abrahams only agreed to pursue the Guptas and their business associates when threatened with court action late last year. "The National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) was not forced by threats of legal action to give a go-ahead on the preservation orders. Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) officials derive their powers from the NDPP; they can only file papers once authorised them to do so. In respect of McKinsey, the papers were settled on December 12 and the NDPP authorised them to file on December 13 2017. That dispels any notion that he waited for the ANC elective conference before instituting the proceedings‚" the NPA said in its ...
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