Nxasana applies for leave to appeal high court ruling on NPA
The High Court in Pretoria found Mxolisi Nxasana had to repay a R17m golden handshake given to him when he left office in 2015, as it was an unlawful settlement
Mxolisi Nxasana, former national director of public prosecutions, would have been reinstated as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss if a bombshell affidavit in which he accused President Jacob Zuma of lying had been admitted in court, he argued in court papers. Nxasana has filed an application for leave to appeal parts of a high court order in the Constitutional Court. The High Court in Pretoria found he had to repay a R17m golden handshake given to him when he left office in 2015, as it was an unlawful settlement. Nxasana is also appealing against the dismissal of his condonation application, in which he asked the court to admit the late filing of his affidavit. He effectively called Zuma a liar in the affidavit, saying he had not made a request to leave office as alleged by Zuma. The high court ordered in December that the position of national director of public prosecutions be declared vacant and that Zuma was too conflicted to appoint an NPA head because he faced loomi...
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