Prosecution service can start going after bigwigs among the corrupt
Suspects in grand corruption were not investigated and prosecuted as they should have been
At an event organised by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, new national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batoyi pointed out — rightly — that those in the prosecution service over the past 10 years (since the demise of the Scorpions) have been attempting to ensure that suspects in grand corruption were not investigated and prosecuted as they should have been.
While the Scorpions operated as a unit within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), using the troika approach in which crime intelligence, forensic investigation and prosecutorial excellence were combined, the corrupt were in jeopardy of being charged, tried and convicted...
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