Deadline for Shaun Abrahams and Nomgcobo Jiba as Freedom Under Law court action looms
National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams and his suspended deputy, Nomgcobo Jiba, have until 5pm on Tuesday to give assurance that she will not breach a court order that has barred her from performing any function at the authority, or face urgent court action from Freedom Under Law (FUL). This comes after the state attorney confirmed to FUL that Jiba had visited the NPA offices on three occasions this year. FUL has indicated that it has requested its attorneys to prepare an application to court seeking contempt of court orders against both Abrahams and Jiba. In December last year the High Court in Johannesburg, after having struck Jiba from the roll of advocates, ordered that pending the finalisation of her appeal, she be prohibited from entering the NPA offices or performing any functions relating to her position as deputy national director of public prosecutions. Jiba has applied to the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to appeal the judgment that scrapped her from ...
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