Lobby group the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) wants the Constitutional Court to interdict National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shaun Abrahams from announcing his decision on whether former president Jacob Zuma will face graft charges. The council is seeking to have the announcement stayed until the court hands down judgment on whether Abrahams still has his job. "In the light of that finding, if Mr Abrahams takes a decision on whether or not Mr Zuma will face prosecution, there will be reasonable perceptions that his decision was biased," Casac executive secretary Lawson Naidoo said in an affidavit submitted to the court. "That will be true no matter what decision Mr Abrahams takes." In 2017, the High Court in Pretoria set aside Abrahams’s appointment. It also found at the time that Zuma, who was then president, was too conflicted to appoint a new national director of public prosecutions. Two days before the confirmation hearing regarding...
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