GARETH VAN ONSELEN: Shaun Abrahams holds the world in his hands
There is a train coming. It has been travelling for eight years now and is about to achieve terminal velocity. It is headed straight for National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams. All indications are the Supreme Court of Appeal will uphold the judgment of the High Court in Pretoria, which found that the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) decision to drop charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational. When it does, that train will plow straight into Abrahams’ front yard. He will then hold two things in his hands, Zuma’s political future and, importantly, his own. The NPA says it is not ashamed by the astounding concession offered up to the court by Zuma’s defence team. Addressing the NPA’s decision to drop the charges against Zuma, Judge Azhar Cachalia put it to Advocate Kemp J Kemp, who represented the president, that "in other words, they made an irrational decision?" All he could offer up in response was, "that is then correct, yes". With that, eight year...
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