On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet retired Constitutional Court justice Yvonne Mokgoro to discuss her report on the fitness of senior National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officials Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi to hold office. The outcome of the hearings are keenly awaited as Ramaphosa has just initiated a radical clean-out of the prosecutorial authority, appointing a new head in Shamila Batohi. Jiba is alleged to be a key ally of former president Jacob Zuma.
Last week, Mokgoro announced she had submitted the report to Ramaphosa after hearing six weeks of evidence earlier this year as it pertains to suspended deputy national director of public prosecutions Jiba; and suspended special director Mrwebi, who headed up the Specialised Commercial Crime Unit. Last year, Ramaphosa suspended Jiba and Mrwebi pending the outcome of the inquiry. Among other things, the inquiry was meant to looked into the prosecutorial decisions taken on politically sensitive ...
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