Pressure is mounting on National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shaun Abrahams to announce his decision on whether former president Jacob Zuma will be prosecuted. Reports have indicated that he will charge Zuma with corruption, money laundering, fraud and racketeering. But he told Parliament on Wednesday that he could not reveal his decision publicly until he had informed the former president. There was speculation that Abrahams would let Zuma know his decision on Thursday, but the NPA refused to confirm this. Spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku said it would violate Zuma’s rights if the NPA were to say when he would be informed. "We won’t tell anyone whether we have informed the [former] president…. We have to operate within the frame of [the law]," he said. Zuma’s lawyer, Michael Hulley, did not respond to a request for comment on whether his client had yet been informed about whether he would be charged or not. If Abrahams fails to reinstate the charges against Zuma, lobby group AfriForum h...
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