Cyril Ramaphosa not finished mulling arguments from Jiba and Mrwebi
President Cyril Ramaphosa is still considering representations made by senior national prosecuting officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi on whether they should be suspended or not pending an inquiry into their fitness to hold office. Ramaphosa had asked both Jiba, deputy national director of public prosecutions, and Mrwebi, head of the commercial crime unit in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), to furnish him with reasons as to why they should not be suspended by August 10. More than a month later, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko said on Thursday the representations made by Mrwebi and Jiba on the matter were still under consideration by the president. Ramaphosa had announced that he would institute the inquiries shortly after the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a judgment that struck the pair from the roll of advocates for how they had dealt with the charges against former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. They were free to take up their high offices in t...
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