Court blow to Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to sort out NPA
Supreme Court of Appeal overturns the ruling that struck senior officials off the roll of advocates
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to sort out the leadership crisis and restore the credibility of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have been dealt a blow. On Tuesday the Supreme Court of Appeal paved the way for the return of two senior NPA officials, who were on special leave after they were struck off the roll of advocates for the way they had dealt with a politically charged case involving the former head of crime intelligence, Richard Mdluli. The court overturned a high court judgment, which struck deputy national director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi, a special director of public prosecutions and head of the specialised commercial crimes, off the roll. The court was divided on the matter, with three judges agreeing that Jiba and Mrwebi not be struck off the roll as their actions did not justify it, while two judges said in a dissenting judgment that the appeal should have been dismissed and that the high court decision was correct. Jiba, w...
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