Mokgoro submits report on Jiba and Mrwebi’s fitness to hold office to Ramaphosa
The report on whether senior National Prosecuting Authority officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi are fit to hold office has been handed to the president
Justice Yvonne Mokgoro has submitted her report on whether senior National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi are fit to hold office. It is not yet known what Mokgoro and her co-panellists have decided and recommended to president Cyril Ramaphosa. The inquiry into the suspended officials was seen as being part of the process to restore the integrity of the NPA. Earlier in 2019 the inquiry heard six weeks of evidence, which among other things dealt with prosecutorial decisions taken on politically sensitive cases, such as the decision to withdraw the charges against former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, and the decision to institute racketeering charges against former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan Booysen. Both Mrwebi, suspended special director of public prosecutions, and Jiba, suspended deputy national director of public prosecutions, had adverse comments made about them in court judgments, specifically about how they had acted in liti...
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